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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 8, 2005Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2005, 3:26 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 8, 2005, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Banks County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2005-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 663 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 081932
FFWFFC
GAC011-082130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
326 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 323 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN ALONG GROVE CREEK BETWEEN MAYSVILLE AND 
HOMER. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED HOWEVER CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE 
RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS ALONG GROVE CREEK IN SOUTHEAST BANKS COUNTY WILL BE 
EFFECTED BY THE RISING WATER.

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 3422 8337 3421 8339 3426 8348 3426 8357
      3430 8362 3437 8366 3447 8357 3448 8352
      3446 8340 3431 8339 3427 8334

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KFFC 082057
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
454 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005

GAC011-082130-
BANKS-
454 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR 
BANKS COUNTY...

AT 435 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BANKS COUNTY. TWO 
ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED AS A RESULT OF FLOODING FROM GROVE CREEK 
NEAR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 98. MOST OF THE RAIN HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF BANKS 
COUNTY...BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3422 8337 3421 8339 3426 8348 3426 8357
      3430 8362 3437 8366 3447 8357 3448 8352
      3446 8340 3431 8339 3427 8334

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMadison2 hr
Aug 8, 5:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCOglethorpe2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.