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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 7, 2013Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 3:17 AM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 7, 2013, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

708 
WGUS52 KFFC 070717
FFWFFC
GAC303-071315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0022.130607T0717Z-130607T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
317 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 318 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIDDLEVILLE
  AND DAVISBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND 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 3282 8253 3282 8256 3278 8266 3279 8270
      3277 8276 3280 8278 3281 8282 3315 8275
      3313 8267 3303 8260 3302 8255 3295 8254
      3292 8251

$$
1 follow-up statement
357 
WGUS72 KFFC 070916
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
516 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

GAC303-071315-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130607T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON GA-
516 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 506 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE 
TO HEAVY SHOWERS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAVISBORO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3282 8253 3282 8256 3278 8266 3279 8270
      3277 8276 3280 8278 3281 8282 3315 8275
      3313 8267 3303 8260 3302 8255 3295 8254
      3292 8251

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel84 min
Jun 7, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington119 min
Jun 7, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington103 min
Jun 7, 3:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCJohnson6 hr
Jun 7, 3:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren2 hr
Jun 7, 4:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren6 hr
Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd39 min
Jun 7, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow23 min
Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton50 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon28 min
Jun 7, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray33 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton40 min
Jun 7, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield3 hr
Jun 7, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett25 min
Jun 7, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton29 min
Jun 7, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Walton24 min
Jun 7, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot50 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
Jun 7, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens26 min
Jun 7, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam37 min
Jun 7, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens43 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.