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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 10, 1995Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 10, 1995, 11:29 PM EST for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1995, 11:29 PM EST (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1995, 2:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 5 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 1995-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 1995-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 KATL 110435
FFWATL
GAC045-077-113-149-110730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1129 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY
   ...HEARD COUNTY
 
AT 11:30 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS STRETCHING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM NEAR THE HEARD..CARROLL COUNTY LINE EAST INTO COWETA AND FAYETTE
COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THIS AREA AND THEREFORE
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2:30 AM.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta56 min
Feb 10, 11:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard3 hr
Feb 11, 1:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro2 hr
Feb 11, 1:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCMorgan, Newton2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.