Alert archive / Georgia / Flood Watches in 2012
Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jun 11, 2012, 3:47 PM EDT for 36 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2012, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 4:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 36 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, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267 WGUS62 KFFC 111947 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>109-120400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0002.120611T1947Z-120613T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK- JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 347 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WILL SPREAD AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE 2-4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO PERSIST FROM RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLIER TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO RUN OFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS CAUSING RAPID RISES AND MINOR FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW- LYING FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
590 WGUS62 KFFC 120225 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1025 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>109-121030- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120613T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK- JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 1025 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WILL SPREAD AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE 2-5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO PERSIST FROM RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLIER TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO RUN OFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS CAUSING RAPID RISES AND MINOR FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS... AND LOW- LYING FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
210 WGUS62 KFFC 120819 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 419 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 GAZ061-062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>109-120930- /O.CAN.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120613T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK- JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON- JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 419 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IS ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER...THESE AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Treutlen, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 18 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.