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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2008, 5:42 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 119 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2008, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2008, 7:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lumpkin County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | 2 S Dahlonega, GA | 3 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED JUST SOUTH OF DAHLONEGA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 262144 FFWFFC GAC187-270345- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.080726T2142Z-080727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 542 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GARLAND AND DAHLONEGA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING CROOKED CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 3460 8406 3453 8387 3442 8397 3449 8413 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 262243 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAC187-270345- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUMPKIN GA- 638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR LUMPKIN COUNTY... AT 633 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN OVER LUMPKIN COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO THE ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GARLAND AND DAHLONEGA...ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CROOKED CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3460 8406 3453 8387 3442 8397 3449 8413 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 262341 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 735 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 GAC187-262345- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUMPKIN GA- 735 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LUMPKIN COUNTY... WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF LUMPKIN COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF DAHLONEGA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. A REPORT OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN DAHLONEGA WAS RECEIVED FROM THE LUMPKIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. IT MAY STILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR HIGH WATER TO RECEDE...SO CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IN LOW-LYING AREAS. 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 3460 8406 3453 8387 3442 8397 3449 8413 $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.