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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 1994Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1994, 1:42 AM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 1:42 AM EDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 060544
FFWAHN
GAC217-061745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
142 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 135 AM EDT THE NEWTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL HOMES
EVACUATED ALONG AND NEAR WILDCAT CREEK IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
NEWTON COUNTY.
 
NEWTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THESE ROADS CLOSED...HIGHWAY 212...
SOCKWELL ROAD...COVERED BRIDGE ROAD...LOWER RIVER ROAD...HENDERSON
MILL ROAD...BUTLER BRIDGE ROAD AND CAMPBELL ROAD. OTHER ROADS ARE
BEING LOOKED AT AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED SHORTLY.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCUpson3 hr
Jul 6, 2:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHenry3 hr
Jul 6, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCNewton3 hr

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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.