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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2010Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Jackson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2010, 6:14 PM EDT for Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 4, 2010, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2010, 9:56 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barrow County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Jackson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

421 
WGUS52 KFFC 042214
FFWFFC
GAC013-135-157-050415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.100604T2214Z-100605T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EAST CENTRAL GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 611 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 CARL...
  AUBURN...HOSCHTON...BRASELTON AND PENDERGRASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3419 8366 3392 8369 3395 8406 3409 8393
      3411 8388 3410 8385 3413 8382

$$
1 follow-up statement
314 
WGUS72 KFFC 050156
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
956 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

GAC013-135-157-050204-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100605T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARROW GA-GWINNETT GA-JACKSON GA-
956 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
JACKSON...EAST CENTRAL GWINNETT AND WESTERN BARROW COUNTIES...

NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...AND THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.  

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 3419 8366 3392 8369 3395 8406 3409 8393
      3411 8388 3410 8385 3413 8382

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.