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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2006, 6:32 PM EDT for Oglethorpe 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 5, 2006, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 052235 FFWFFC GAC221-060130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 632 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 3 INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA IN ONE HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRAWFORD. 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. SOME CREEKS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE LONG CREEK...MILNER BROOK AND BUFFALO CREEK. 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 3373 8319 3373 8304 3387 8303 3388 8321 $$ 16
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 060031 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 827 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 GAC221-060130- OGLETHORPE GA- 827 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR OGLETHORPE COUNTY... AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM 5 TO 8 PM EDT. THE CREEKS MAINLY AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN ARE TOWN...BUFFALO AND LONG CREEKS IN THE SOUTH HALF OF OGLETHORPE COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRAWFORD. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3373 8319 3373 8304 3387 8303 3388 8321 $$ 16
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 4, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Webster | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.