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Flood Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 15, 201042 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jan 15, 2010, 2:16 PM EST for 42 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 16, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2010, 2:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 17, 2010, 1:07 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: None

All 42 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 15, 5:00 AM EST, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 5:00 AM EST, 9 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 4:21 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more	15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.