Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2005, 12:42 AM EDT for Towns 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 30, 2005, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2005, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 300445 FFWFFC GAC281-300645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1242 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 245 AM EDT * AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN TOWNS COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ON TOTALLY SATURATED GROUND. FLASH FLOODING ALONG PRESLEY CREEK SOUTH OF HIAWASSEE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF THE ENCHANTED FOREST RESORT. FLASH FLOODING ALONG SWALLOWS CREEK IN NORTHERN TOWNS COUNTY WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AFTER 1 AM EDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3480 8376 3480 8368 3499 8355 3498 8393 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray | 19 min |
| Aug 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 10:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 11:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.