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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 2005Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:41 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1178 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 062042
FFWFFC
GAC077-113-062145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
441 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
  NEAR PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  SANDY 
CREEK AND TYRONE BY 450 PM EDT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 
HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF 
RAIN DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RESULT 
IN FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

LAT...LON 3351 8469 3351 8463 3350 8460 3352 8458
      3352 8455 3355 8445 3332 8446 3331 8466

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

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray27 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee35 min
Jun 6, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston30 min
Jun 6, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski36 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris16 min
Jun 6, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee46 min
Jun 6, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett24 min
Jun 6, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall32 min
Jun 6, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett43 min
Jun 6, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks52 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.