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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 7, 19965 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 1996, 8:50 AM EST for 5 counties in 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: Mar 7, 1996, 8:50 AM EST (13:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1996, 11:45 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 071353
FFWATL
GAC169-035-159-211-217-219-237-297-151-255-171-231-293-071645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
850 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BUTTS COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY
   ...OCONEE COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY...SPALDING COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY...UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 840 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
OCCURRED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE COVERED WITH WATER...ALSO SOME BRIDGES WASHED
OUT.  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Mar 7, 6:05 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 AM     NORTHERN PORTION          GA   REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE LONG
3/7/96     JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR         AND 3/4 MILE WIDE.  SEVERAL
           WREN                           MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY GONE.
                                          SEVERAL INJURIES..1 SERIOUS.
                                          OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 5 AM

NNNN

Local storm report, Mar 7, 6:17 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 AM     NORTHERN PORTION          GA   REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE LONG
3/7/96     JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR         AND 3/4 MILE WIDE.  SEVERAL
           WREN                           MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY GONE.
                                        f  SEVERAL INJURIES..1 SERIOUS.
                                          OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 5 AM

NNNN

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:55 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071630-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
700 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH
OF NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY TO CLAYTON IN RABUN COUNTY.
OTHERWISE THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH GEORGIA.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MAKING ITS WAY INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED IN THE WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVED
INTO AND ACROSS GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE
TODAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:00 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-071630-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
700 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH
OF NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY TO CLAYTON IN RABUN COUNTY.
OTHERWISE THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH GEORGIA.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MAKING ITS WAY INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED IN THE WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVED
INTO AND ACROSS GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE
TODAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 12:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	68 min
Mar 7, 1:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	48 min
Mar 7, 1:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Spalding	49 min
Mar 7, 2:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	41 min
Mar 7, 2:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Upson	45 min
Mar 7, 2:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford	45 min
Mar 7, 3:05 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	3 hr
Mar 7, 3:05 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Lamar, Upson	3 hr
Mar 7, 3:05 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Talbot	3 hr
Mar 7, 3:46 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam	5 hr
Mar 7, 3:46 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Warren	5 hr
Mar 7, 3:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	50 min
Mar 7, 5:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson	4 hr
Mar 7, 5:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Talbot	4 hr
Mar 7, 6:53 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	3 hr
Mar 7, 8:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam	3 hr
Mar 7, 8:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Oconee, Walton	3 hr
Mar 7, 8:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1996 Every 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.