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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2005Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 2:09 AM EDT for Madison 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
Jul 7, 2005, 2:09 AM EDT (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2005, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 343 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 684 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
684 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
980 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 070610
FFWFFC
GAC195-070930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
209 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 201 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR POCATALIGO...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROYSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PHILLIPS AND NEESE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3407 8336 3402 8316 3420 8309 3425 8329

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

$$

KDF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KFFC 070732
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
331 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

GAC195-070930-
MADISON-
331 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR MADISON
COUNTY...

AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEESE TO
DIAMOND HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ATHENS TO 12 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POCATALIGO AND PHILLIPS.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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

LAT...LON 3407 8336 3402 8316 3420 8309 3425 8329

$$

KDF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton42 min
Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPike12 min
Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta25 min
Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette28 min
Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette24 min
Jul 6, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry24 min
Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry23 min
Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCRockdale39 min
Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton24 min
Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton38 min
Jul 6, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton36 min
Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee18 min
Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.