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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 30, 20004 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2000, 10:01 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 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
Mar 30, 2000, 10:01 AM EST (15:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 11:00 AM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 
WGUS52 KFFC 301504
FFWFFC
GAC081-093-235-315-301600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1001 AM EST THU MAR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 958 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN NEAR CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VIENNA...UNADILLA...
  ROCHELLE...PINEVIEW AND ABBEVILLE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. MOTORIST SHOULD NOT
DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE S)UBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart34 min
Mar 30, 3:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee30 min
Mar 30, 4:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter31 min
Mar 30, 7:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether32 min
Mar 30, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wilcox29 min
Mar 30, 10:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 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.