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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 5, 1995Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 1995, 2:20 AM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-88 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 KATL 050618
FFWATL
GAC015-045-057-067-097-115-117-143-223-051015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
220 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...BARTOW COUNTY...CARROLL COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY
   ...COBB COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY...FORSYTH COUNTY
   ...HARALSON COUNTY...PAULDING COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE AREA WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.
 
 
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. Z TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
BDL/TMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield6 hr
Oct 5, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray6 hr
Oct 5, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga6 hr
Oct 5, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade6 hr
Oct 5, 2:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas4 hr
Oct 5, 2:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCForsyth4 hr
Oct 5, 2:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd4 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.