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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 27, 20057 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2005, 4:59 PM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2005, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 11:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2005-03-27Temperature 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°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 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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 272202
FFWFFC
GAC023-081-091-093-235-261-315-280400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* AT 457 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM REPEATED WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT 
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE 
  FLOODRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     72          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   MM        MM        MM                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   MM        MM        MM                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 27 2005.........SUNRISE   609 AM EST   SUNSET   633 PM EST   
MARCH 28 2005.........SUNRISE   608 AM EST   SUNSET   634 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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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, 5:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart3 hr
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, 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.