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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2012, 7:47 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2012, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 10:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Midland, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED FLOOD WATERS RUNNING OVER CHAPEL LAKE DRIVE OFF OF PIERCE CHAPEL ROAD ABOUT 2.7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND, GEORGIA IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926
WGUS52 KFFC 132347
FFWFFC
GAC145-215-140545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0011.120513T2347Z-120514T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT MONDAY
* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL
ESTIMATES WERE APPROACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOUTHERN HARRIS AND
NORTHWEST MUSCOGEE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDLAND...
GOAT ROCK LAKE...MULBERRY GROVE...FORTSON AND CATAULA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. THOSE WITH
INTERESTS ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AND ANY ASSOCIATED CREEKS
AND TRIBUTARIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 8493 3265 8483 3260 8480 3249 8478
3244 8485 3242 8497 3243 8497 3246 8501
3251 8501 3259 8508 3262 8509 3265 8511
$$1 follow-up statement
947
WGUS72 KFFC 140249
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1049 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2012
GAC145-215-140257-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120514T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-
1049 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
HARRIS AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND ALTHOUGH
LIGHT RAIN MAY CONTINUE... THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS GREATLY
DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR. THEREFORE... THE FLASH WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3267 8493 3265 8483 3260 8480 3249 8478
3244 8485 3242 8497 3243 8497 3246 8501
3251 8501 3259 8508 3262 8509 3265 8511
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 36 min |
| May 13, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 24 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 46 min |
| May 13, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| May 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 29 min |
| May 13, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 37 min |
| May 13, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 37 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.