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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 27, 2005Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2005, 5:24 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Stewart 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2005, 5:24 AM EST (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 8:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2005-03-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 
WGUS52 KFFC 271027
FFWFFC
GAC053-215-259-271330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 AM EST SUN MAR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 AM EST

* AT 519 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET   
  FLOODING IN COLUMBUS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE   
  AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 
  RAINFALL WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LUMPKIN...FORT BENNING SOUTH AND CUSSETA.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PEACHTREE CITY.

LAT...LON 3258 8495 3198 8503 3195 8469 3258 8471

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp13 min
Mar 26, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee25 min
Mar 26, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski33 min
Mar 27, 4:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter, Webster44 min
Mar 27, 5:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart37 min
Mar 27, 6:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster27 min
Mar 27, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski26 min
Mar 27, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter35 min
Mar 27, 12:53 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter4 hr
Mar 27, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup28 min
Mar 27, 1:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs4 hr
Mar 27, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard35 min
Mar 27, 1:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam33 min
Mar 27, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris34 min
Mar 27, 1:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup36 min
Mar 27, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether34 min
Mar 27, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton26 min
Mar 27, 2:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas44 min
Mar 27, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth26 min
Mar 27, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall31 min
Mar 27, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White38 min
Mar 27, 3:18 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup3 hr
Mar 27, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding45 min
Mar 27, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb40 min
Mar 27, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens26 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer34 min
Mar 27, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union47 min
Mar 27, 4:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter and 1 more6 hr
Mar 27, 6:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker40 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.