Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 84 min |
| Jun 7, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington | 119 min |
| Jun 7, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington | 103 min |
| Jun 7, 3:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 43 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.