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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2006, 11:54 PM EDT for Webster 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
- Aug 4, 2006, 11:54 PM EDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2006, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 050356 FFWFFC GAC307-050700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1154 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT 1153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUMAS... WESTON AND PRESTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND 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. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3192 8465 3192 8444 3207 8443 3207 8464 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 050459 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1256 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 GAC307-050700- WEBSTER GA- 1256 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY... AT 1253 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUMAS... WESTON AND PRESTON. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN INDICATED ACROSS MUCH OF WEBSTER COUNTY FROM TWO SEPARATE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS PAST EVENING. A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY HAVE SEEN AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3192 8465 3192 8444 3207 8443 3207 8464 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 32 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.