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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 27, 1996White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1996, 2:00 AM EST for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 1996, 2:00 AM EST (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1996, 5:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1996-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1996-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 676 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
676 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
904 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 270654
FFWATL
GAC311-271000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 AM EST SAT JAN 27 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

   ...WHITE COUNTY

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENDING BEFORE 3 AM. HOWEVER MANY
CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FOURTEEN ROADS IN
THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED AND MORE MAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. EVACUATIONS
HAVE TAKEN PLACE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS
FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FALL BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS.
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:53 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
GAZ044-052>059-066>072-078>083-091>096-103>108-270645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1050 PM EST FRI JAN 26 1
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:53 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
GAZ044-052>059-066>072-078>083-091>096-103>108-270645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1050 PM EST FRI JAN 26 1

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 7:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union6 hr
Jan 26, 7:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk6 hr
Jan 26, 7:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens6 hr
Jan 26, 7:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga6 hr
Jan 26, 7:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray6 hr
Jan 26, 8:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield4 hr
Jan 26, 8:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade4 hr
Jan 26, 10:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding5 hr
Jan 26, 10:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Forsyth5 hr
Jan 26, 11:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup42 min
Jan 26, 11:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike26 min
Jan 27, 12:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jan 27, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson33 min
Jan 27, 1:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk102 min
Jan 27, 1:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray102 min
Jan 27, 1:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union102 min
Jan 27, 1:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga102 min
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Union3 hr
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk3 hr
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon, Pickens3 hr
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga3 hr
Jan 27, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCTowns3 hr
Jan 27, 7:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.