Alert archive / Georgia / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Mar 5, 2011, 3:12 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 10:25 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483 WGUS62 KFFC 052012 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 312 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-060415- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0002.110305T2100Z-110306T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 312 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL RISE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL APPROACH BANKFULL...AND SOME MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL MOVES THROUGH. LARGER RIVERS MAY APPROACH AND POSSIBLY REACH FLOOD STAGE LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
3 follow-up statements
596 WGUS62 KFFC 060055 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 755 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-061000- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110306T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 755 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL CONTINUES TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 3 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS STILL EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL RISE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL APPROACH BANKFULL...AND SOME MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL MOVES THROUGH. LARGER RIVERS MAY APPROACH AND POSSIBLY REACH FLOOD STAGE LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
150 WGUS62 KFFC 061005 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 505 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-061900- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110306T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 505 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON * MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING WITHIN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MUCH OF THIS AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH MID-MORNING. * RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL APPROACH BANKFULL...AND SOME MAY REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE DURING THE MORNING. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE LARGER RIVERS LATER IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ 19
889 WGUS62 KFFC 061525 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1025 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-061630- /O.CAN.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110306T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1025 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF AREA AND ENDED. STREAMS ARE SHOWING NO SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE AREA...HENCE THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.