Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2009, 2:17 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 281817
FFWFFC
GAC169-290015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.090328T1817Z-090329T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
217 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN AS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 8AM
EDT THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN FALLING CREEK NEAR EAST JULIETTE IN THE
PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AT 200 PM EDT THE STAGE HEIGHT
WAS AT 12.5 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET. THE CREEK IS
EXPECTED TO GO INTO MINOR FLOOD DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON.
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 3304 8372 3308 8376 3313 8379 3314 8368
3304 8367 3302 8372
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 282049
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
GAC169-290015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES GA-
449 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY...
AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
AROUND TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN AS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA
SINCE 8AM EDT THIS MORNING.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN FALLING CREEK NEAR EAST JULIETTE IN THE
PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AT 415 PM EDT THE STAGE HEIGHT
WAS AT 15.0 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET. THE
CREEK WILL CONTINUE IN MINOR FLOOD THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3304 8372 3308 8376 3313 8379 3314 8368
3304 8367 3302 8372
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 16 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 42 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 30 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 17 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 9:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 10:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 10:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 48 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 21 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 19 min |
| Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 12 days |
| Mar 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 5:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Harris | 6 hr |
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.