Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2007, 11:23 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It took effect at Jun 28, 2007, 11:28 PM EDT. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2007, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2007, 11:28 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lumpkin County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 290328 FFWFFC GAC187-290630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1123 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 230 AM EDT * AT 1119 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 PORTER SPRINGS. ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN PORTIONS OF LUMPKIN COUNTY SINCE 9 PM. THIS MUCH RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. AREAS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN ARE EXTEND FROM THE PORTER SPRINGS AREA IN THE NORTH TO WEST OF AURARIA IN THE SOUTH...INCLUDING MOOSE CREEK AND LITTLE CANE CREEK. PEOPLE LOCATED NEAR ANY STREAM OR CREEK NEAR THE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD CHECK WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENED BY RISING WATER. 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 3451 8415 3444 8401 3471 8385 3464 8406 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 290412 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1210 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 GAC187-290630- LUMPKIN GA- 1210 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR LUMPKIN COUNTY... AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL TAPERING OFF ACROSS LUMPKIN COUNTY. HOWEVER...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY STILL BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED EARLIER TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3451 8415 3444 8401 3471 8385 3464 8406 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 290516 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 113 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 GAC187-290630- LUMPKIN GA- 113 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR LUMPKIN COUNTY... AT 111 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING LUMPKIN COUNTY. RAINFALL IS MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS EAST OF A PORTER SPRINGS TO DAHLONEGA TO AURARIA LINE. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS THROUGH 230 AM. 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 3451 8415 3444 8401 3471 8385 3464 8406 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hall | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 51 min |
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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.