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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 11, 2012Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2012, 9:04 PM EDT for Toombs 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
Aug 11, 2012, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2012, 12:58 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

619 
WGUS52 KFFC 120104
FFWFFC
GAC279-120700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0018.120812T0104Z-120812T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 858 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY BE CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER   
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED      
  SINCE 7 PM EDT. SMALL PONDS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY               
  FLOOD...INCLUDING PENDLETON CREEK.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS 
LATER THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTA CLAUS
  AND LYONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 
FLOODING.

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 3214 8219 3204 8220 3207 8244 3225 8239
      3224 8220 3222 8220 3218 8218 3216 8217

$$
1 follow-up statement
877 
WGUS72 KFFC 120458
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1258 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012

GAC279-120503-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120812T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TOOMBS GA-
1258 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL TOOMBS
COUNTY...

AT 1245 AM THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE 
URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS. WATER LEVELS WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH ON SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 
EXPECTED. 

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 3214 8219 3204 8220 3207 8244 3225 8239
      3224 8220 3222 8220 3218 8218 3216 8217

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.