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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 4, 1995Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 1995, 3:52 AM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 040753
FFWATL
GAC145-199-285-041200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 AM EDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HARRIS COUNTY...MERIWETHER COUNTY...TROUP COUNTY
 
AT 345 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATED 3
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER TROUP...HARRIS AND MERIWETHER
COUNTIES DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING
OVER THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 8 AM. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED THE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THESE COUNTIES.
 
AT 345 AM EDT HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER WAS OVER CANNON ROAD.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
KM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 6:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton4 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.