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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 24, 1997Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1997, 2:07 AM EDT for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1997, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1997, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1997-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3286 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 240606
FFWATL
GAC141-240715-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 205 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS REPEATED MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE SAME AREA WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS. THE HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS FLOODING OF MAIN
STREET IN SPARTA.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.
 
IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER THREATENS HOMES OR BUSINESSES IN YOUR AREA
....OR IF YOU SEE ROADS OR BRIDGES BEING COVERED WITH WATER FROM
RISING CREEKS OR STREAMS...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 770-486-8535.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren29 min
Jul 24, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWarren118 min
Jul 24, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson29 min
Jul 24, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson2 hr
Jul 24, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
Jul 24, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHancock3 hr
Jul 24, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam33 min

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.