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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at Jan 7, 2009, 9:12 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 7, 2009, 9:12 AM EST (14:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2009, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jan 7, 5:38 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 5:38 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 538 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 .UPDATE... HAVE CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE SQUALL LINE HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CWA BY 12Z. LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THIS SYSTEM HAS ENDED. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS A SQUALL LINE EXTENDING FROM THE FL PANHANDLE UP TO NE GA THIS MORNING. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT THAT IS FINALLY SWEEPING THROUGH THE REGION. CURRENTLY THE FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE ATL AREA AND SHOULD BE EAST OF OUR CWA BY 14-16Z. THERE ARE SOME SEVERE STORM IN THIS LINE WITH MOSTLY WIND DAMAGE BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ALONG THIS FRONT THAT THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE TAPPING INTO AND MIXING DOWN WIND GUST TO NEAR 30KT. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH SHOWING THIS FRONT MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY AS THE MAIN LOW CENTER MOVES NE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH TONIGHT. ONCE THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH A COOLER AIRMASS MOVES IN WITH GOOD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. THE GRADIENT ALSO TIGHTENS UP JUST BEHIND THE FRONT AND LOOKING AT SUSTAINED WINDS 20-25KT WITH HIGHER GUST THIS AFTERNOON CWA WIDE. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY TO COVER THIS FROM 18Z WED TO 00Z THU. ANOTHER CONCERN ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH IS THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW CENTER. THIS BACK SIDE MOISTURE MOVES IN ACROSS NORTH GA LATE TONIGHT INTO THU MORNING WHEN TEMPS ACROSS THAT AREA ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW MIXED ACROSS N GA BEFORE THINGS CLEAR OUT THU AFTERNOON. ONCE THE BACK SIDE MOISTURE MOVES OUT AND THE MAIN LOW CENTER MOVES OFF INTO THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS FRI THROUGH SAT MORNING. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA FRI DOES NOT STAY LONG AS IT MOVES OFF THE GA COAST SAT MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE DURING THE DAY SAT BRINING ANOTHER BRIEF SHOT OF PRECIP BUT IT WILL MAINLY HELP TO REINFORCE THE COOLER AIR OVER THE STATE. ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDS IN QUICKLY SUN AND SHOULD KEEP NORTH AND CENTRAL GA DRY THROUGH MON NIGHT. A THIRD SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY BUT THERE ARE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS BY THAT POINT SO HAVE DECIDED TO JUST GO WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP MON NIGHT/TUE. TEMPS PROGGED TO BE NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD 4-6 HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS. HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED AND CREEKS AND RIVERS OVER FLOWING THEIR BANKS. THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED MORE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND EXPECTING ALL OF THE PRECIP TO MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY 18Z. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 1PM TODAY AND CONTINUE TO ISSUE FLOOD WARNINGS AS NECESSARY. AVIATION... PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH EASTERN GA. INTENSITY OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DIMINISH. COLD FRONT JUST REACHING NORTHEAST AL AND SHOULD PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GA AFTER SUNRISE. RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GA THIS MORNING. CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN MVFR UNTIL AROUND UNTIL AROUND 18Z...THEN BEGIN TO IMPROVE TO VFR. WINDS INCREASING FROM THE WEST TO 15 TO 20KT WITH GUSTS TO 30KT. VISIBILITY 3 TO 5SM IN RAIN AND FOG THIS MORNING...BECOMING 6SM OR GREATER AFTER 15Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 57 38 54 33 60 / 60 10 0 0 0 ATLANTA 59 39 54 32 58 / 40 10 0 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 52 33 47 26 52 / 60 30 5 0 0 CARTERSVILLE 57 34 53 26 55 / 30 20 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 64 39 61 35 61 / 30 0 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 54 36 51 30 55 / 50 20 0 0 0 MACON 63 37 60 32 62 / 60 0 0 0 0 ROME 54 37 53 29 55 / 40 20 5 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 58 35 55 31 59 / 30 10 0 0 0 VIDALIA 70 39 61 34 64 / 60 0 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW... BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE... CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA... CRAWFORD...CRISP...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY... DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH... GILMER...GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL... HANCOCK...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON... JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR... LAURENS...LUMPKIN...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER... MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MURRAY...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON... NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PEACH... PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY... SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT... TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TOWNS...TREUTLEN... TROUP...TWIGGS...UNION...UPSON...WALKER...WALTON...WARREN... WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILCOX... WILKES...WILKINSON. FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...COBB...DADE... DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...HARALSON... LUMPKIN...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK... TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 01/41
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 6:44 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 7, 3:37 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 337 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ082-083-094-095-070900- 337 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN HOUSTON...PEACH... TWIGGS AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EST... AT 333 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS HOUSTON... PEACH...TWIGGS AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE MYRTLE...FORT VALLEY... POWERSVILLE...BYRON...MIAMI VALLEY...BONAIRE...WARNER ROBINS...ROBINS AFB...ELBERTA...CENTERVILLE...RUTLAND...BULLARD...HUBER...DRY BRANCH AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
Local storm report, Jan 7, 3:47 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 AM EST WED JAN 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM TSTM WND DMG CUSSETA 32.30N 84.78W
01/07/2009 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON FIRE TOWER ROAD EAST OF CUSSETA.
&&
FTLocal storm report, Jan 7, 4:15 AM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
415 AM EST WED JAN 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 AM TSTM WND DMG CUSSETA 32.30N 84.78W
01/07/2009 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPROX HALF DOZEN TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 26 NEAR MILE
MARKER 8 BLOCKING THE ROAD.
0220 AM TSTM WND DMG CUSSETA 32.30N 84.78W
01/07/2009 CHATTAHOOCHEE GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON FIRE TOWER ROAD EAST OF CUSSETA.
&&
FTSpecial weather statement, Jan 7, 4:37 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ074-084-085-096-097-105-107>109-071000- 437 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WILCOX...PULASKI... DODGE...BLECKLEY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON...WASHINGTON AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EST... AT 432 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLENTOWN TO SEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WILCOX... PULASKI...DODGE...BLECKLEY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON... WASHINGTON AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SEVILLE...POWELL...GOLDSBORO... FRAZIER...FINLEYSON...EMPIRE...BROWN HILL...PINEVIEW...COCHRAN... ALLENTOWN...YONKERS...RODDY...NICKLESVILLE...MONTROSE AND GRESSTON. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 5:08 AM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 508 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ074>076-085-086-097-098-109>113-071100- 508 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN TELFAIR...WHEELER... TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN...LAURENS...JOHNSON... EMANUEL...WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EST... AT 505 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS WITH STRONG WINDS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF WRENS TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHINE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS TELFAIR...WHEELER...TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY...DODGE...TREUTLEN... LAURENS...JOHNSON...EMANUEL...WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NEW ERA...DONAVAN...STAPLETON...RIDDLEVILLE... RHINE...RENTZ...HARRISON...EAST DUBLIN...DUBLIN...DAVISBORO... CADWELL...SPANN...LOVETT...BREWTON AND WRIGHTSVILLE. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 6:02 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ113-071130- 602 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN TOOMBS COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM EST... AT 600 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS WITH STRONG WINDS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF LYONS TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CROSSING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS TOOMBS COUNTY THROUGH 630 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE VIDALIA...LYONS...SOUTH THOMPSON...CEDAR CROSSING...SANTA CLAUS...OHOOPEE AND NEW BRANCH. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 4 days |
| Jan 7, 1:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 36 min |
| Jan 7, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 2:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 26 min |
| Jan 7, 2:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 7, 3:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 3:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 5:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 22 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 58 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every areal flood warning in 2009
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.