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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 1995Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1995, 12:34 AM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 12:34 AM EDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1679 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 010438
FFWATL
GAC209-271-309-010730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1234 AM EDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...TELFAIR COUNTY...WHEELER COUNTY
 
AT 1230 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING THROUGH TELFAIR COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL
ESTIMATES IN THE PAST HOUR INDICATE UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY. THIS AREA OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WHERE
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN THIS EVENING.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair43 min
Jun 1, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair60 min
Jun 1, 12:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMontgomery3 hr
Jun 1, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon53 min
Jun 1, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe50 min
Jun 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTurner30 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Treutlen57 min
Jun 1, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox47 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.