Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1994, 4:07 AM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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, 8.1 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 060808 FFWAHN GAC217-061115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 407 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AT 4 AM EDT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER GEORGIA FROM NEAR WINDER EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS NEWTON COUNTY...TO MACON AND ALBANY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. NEWTON COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL HOMES EVACUATED ALONG AND NEAR WILDCAT CREEK. SEVERAL ROADS HAD BEEN CLOSED AND OTHER ROADS ARE BEING CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE CLOSURE. MOST OF THE FLOODING WAS ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 212 AND HIGHWAY 81 NEAR SNAPPING SHOALS. ALSO A ICE HOUSE ALONG WILDCAT CREEK WAS REPORTEDLY WASHED AWAY. 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. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:24 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>122-124-060730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
125 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF
CLAY...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH AND TERRELL...
AT 519 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS AREA WERE PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY INTO
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN INDICATED VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED FLOODING
REMAINS HIGH.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>122-124-060730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
125 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF
CLAY...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH AND TERRELL...
AT 119 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS AREA WERE PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY INTO
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN INDICATED VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED FLOODING
REMAINS HIGH.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>122-124-060730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
125 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF
CLAY...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH AND TERRELL...
AT 519 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS AREA WERE PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY INTO
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN INDICATED VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED FLOODING
REMAINS HIGH.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>122-124-060730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
125 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF
CLAY...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH AND TERRELL...
AT 119 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS AREA WERE PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY INTO
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN INDICATED VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING AS POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED FLOODING
REMAINS HIGH.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-060900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 255 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WILDCAT RIVER AREA OF NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 6PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 250 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR COVINGTON...SOUTH...TO MACON AND ALBANY MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE NEWTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL HOMES EVACUATED ALONG AND NEAR WILDCAT CREEK. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY SO~ MORE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. KEEP TUNED TP NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-060900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 255 AM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WILDCAT RIVER AREA OF NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 6PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 250 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR COVINGTON...SOUTH...TO MACON AND ALBANY MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE NEWTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL HOMES EVACUATED ALONG AND NEAR WILDCAT CREEK. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY SO MORE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Upson | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Henry | 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.