Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2013, 6:10 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jun 17, 2013, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Whitesburg, GA | SEVERAL FARM PONDS IN THIS AREA OF COWETA COUNTY OVERFLOWED CAUSING MINOR EROSION DAMAGE TO THE DAMS AND BRIEFLY FLOODING NEARBY ROADS DOWNSTREAM. |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Whitesburg, GA | A FARM POND OVERFLOWED AND BRIEFLY FLOODED A PORTION OF ADCOCK ROAD. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
306
WGUS52 KFFC 172210
FFWFFC
GAC045-063-077-089-113-121-180415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0025.130617T2210Z-130618T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...UNION CITY...HAPEVILLE...FAIRBURN...
COLLEGE PARK...LAKE CITY...MORROW...RIVERDALE...FOREST PARK AND
HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT.
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 3358 8490 3358 8481 3361 8478 3370 8427
3365 8427 3364 8428 3363 8426 3355 8426
3355 8429 3352 8428 3346 8490 3359 8491
$$2 follow-up statements
884
WGUS72 KFFC 180012
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
GAC045-063-077-089-113-121-180415-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130618T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-DEKALB GA-FAYETTE GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
812 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...NORTHERN CLAYTON...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB...NORTH CENTRAL COWETA AND EAST CENTRAL CARROLL
COUNTIES...
AT 807 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT
SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER THE WARNED AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ANY MORE RAIN
COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAPEVILLE...
COLLEGE PARK...LAKE CITY...FOREST PARK AND HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 8490 3358 8481 3361 8478 3370 8427
3365 8427 3364 8428 3363 8426 3355 8426
3355 8429 3352 8428 3346 8490 3359 8491
$$816
WGUS72 KFFC 180229
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1029 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
GAC045-063-077-089-113-121-180238-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130618T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-DEKALB GA-FAYETTE GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
1029 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FULTON...NORTHERN CLAYTON...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHWESTERN
DEKALB...NORTH CENTRAL COWETA AND EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES...
IF YOU SAW 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 3358 8490 3358 8481 3361 8478 3370 8427
3365 8427 3364 8428 3363 8426 3355 8426
3355 8429 3352 8428 3346 8490 3359 8491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Whitfield | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Pickens, Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Haralson, Paulding and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 8 min |
| Jun 17, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.