Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1994, 7:00 AM EDT for Crawford County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 051100 FFWMCN GAC079-207-051400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 700 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION . IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JASPER...BIBB...JONES...AND PEACH COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 655 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL LOCATED OVER MONROE...BIBB...CRAWFORD...AND PEACH COUNTIES. THE RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PROBLEMS ARE BEING REPORTED FROM MONROE AND CRAWFORD COUNITES WHERE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE BEING SWAMPED WITH PHONE CALLS ABOUT FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 225 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 1994 COUNTY...... FAYETTE SOURCE...... EMA TIME........ 325 AM EDT LOCATION.... PEACHTREE CITY TYPE STORM.. REMAINS OF TD ALBERTO WEATHER..... HEAVY RAIN DAMAGE...... EVACUATING PINSLEY MILLS CONDOS NEAR FLAT CREEK
Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 325 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 1994 COUNTY...... CLAYTON SOURCE...... 911 TIME........ 325 AM EDT LOCATION.... TARA BLVD AND HIGHWAY 138 TYPE STORM.. REMAINS OF TD ALBERTO WEATHER..... HEAVY RAIN DAMAGE...... EVACUATING ABOUT 200 INDIVIDUALS FROM MOBILE HOME BY BOAT
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081-082-094-095-050930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 332 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FLOODING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AT 330 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...REMNANTS OF "ALBERTO"...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD PROBLEMS LATER THIS MORNING. AT 320 AM MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES ON THE EDGE OF HIGHWAY 74 NEAR HIGHWAY 341 AND 42 HAD FALLEN OVER ONTO THE ROAD. PERSONS AT THE SITE TOLD HIM THE TREES WERE JUST FALLING OVER AND THAT REAL HIGH WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE GROUND WAS JUST SO WET THE TREES COULDNT STAY UP. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081-082-094-095-050930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 332 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FLOODING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AT 330 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...REMNANTS OF "ALBERTO"...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD PROBLEMS LATER THIS MORNING. AT 320 AM MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES ON THE EDGE OF HIGHWAY 74 NEAR HIGHWAY 341 AND 42 HAD FALLEN OVER ONTO THE ROAD. PERSONS AT THE SITE TOLD HIM THE TREES WERE JUST FALLING OVER AND THAT REAL HIGH WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE GROUND WAS JUST SO WET THE TREES COULDNT STAY UP. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:35 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-051135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 635 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDED FROM BARROW COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH WALTON...MORGAN AND JASPER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN AND HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED TO COVER MUCH OF GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 55 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM DAHLONEGA SOUTH THROUGH MACON TO ALBANY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT IN THE NORTH PORTION WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR IN THE SOUTH PORTION TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:42 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-051135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 635 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDED FROM BARROW COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH WALTON...MORGAN AND JASPER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN AND HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED TO COVER MUCH OF GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 55 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM DAHLONEGA SOUTH THROUGH MACON TO ALBANY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT IN THE NORTH PORTION WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR IN THE SOUTH PORTION TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Peach | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jasper, Jones | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Spalding | 3 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.