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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 1994Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 1994, 1:47 AM EST for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1994, 1:47 AM EST (06:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1994, 3:45 AM EST
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Richmond County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 250648
FFWAGS
GAC245-250845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
147 AM EST FRI MAR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...RICHMOND COUNTY
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST FEW HOURS HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING IN
RICHMOND COUNTY IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN RICHMOND
COUNTY HAS REPORTED HOUSES BEING FLOODED IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUSH FIELD AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 0.90
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR.
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SO RESIDENTS IN FLOOD AREAS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOTJ
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler45 min
Mar 24, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup15 min
Mar 24, 8:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson40 min
Mar 24, 9:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Mar 24, 10:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe49 min

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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.