Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 1, 2011, 9:19 AM EST for Chattooga 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
- Jan 1, 2011, 9:19 AM EST (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978
WGUS52 KFFC 011419
FFWFFC
GAC055-012015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0001.110101T1419Z-110101T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 AM EST SAT JAN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EST SATURDAY
* AT 910 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
PROGRESSIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DROPPED OVER 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THREE HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATTOGAVILLE...LYERLY...TIDINGS AND BERRYTON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY...ALONG THE CHATTOOGA
RIVER BASIN. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE
CHATTOOGA RIVER AND CLARKS CREEK ARE MOST LIKELY TO SHOW THE
EFFECTS OF THE HEAVY RAIN.
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 3459 8521 3458 8510 3443 8519 3439 8526
3436 8534 3429 8538 3429 8546 3456 8552
3458 8552
$$1 follow-up statement
401
WGUS72 KFFC 011815
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
115 PM EST SAT JAN 1 2011
GAC055-011822-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110101T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHATTOOGA GA-
115 PM EST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHATTOOGA COUNTY...
HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY WITH ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT
SHOWERS LINGERING. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED THAT NO MAJOR
FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3459 8521 3458 8510 3443 8519 3439 8526
3436 8534 3429 8538 3429 8546 3456 8552
3458 8552
$$Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.