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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 4, 1995DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 1995, 6:36 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 6:36 AM EDT (10:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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 KATL 041036
FFWATL
GAC089-121-041445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 AM EDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DE KALB COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 625 AM EDT THE STAGE ON PEACHTREE CREEK IN ATLANTA WAS 17.8 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE ON PEACHTREE CREEK IS 17 FEET.
 
PEACHTREE CREEK SHOULD CREST AROUND 19 FEET BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM EDT. AT
19 FEET WATER IS ABOUT 1 FOOT DEEP IN HOMES ON HANOVER WEST DRIVE. ALSO
BASEMENTS OF HOMES ON WEST NANCY CREEK ROAD ARE FLOODED AS WELL AS HOMES
ALONG ARMAND DRIVE AND PEACHTREE BATTLE CIRCLE...AND ON WOODWARD WAY.
 
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. LIGHT RAIN
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS THIS AREA WITH AN
OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWER.
 
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.
 
KM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 3:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.