Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2013, 6:22 PM EDT for Hancock 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
- Jul 2, 2013, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hancock County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
065
WGUS52 KFFC 022222
FFWFFC
GAC141-030415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0029.130702T2222Z-130703T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOME
AREAS IN EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN
OVER PORTIONS OF THE OGEECHEE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA EAST OF
HIGHWAY 22 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 16.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CULVERTON.
RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT RAPID RISES ON TRIBUTARIES OF THE OGEECHEE
RIVER ACROSS EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...INCLUDING HUNNON BRANCH...
FULSOME CREEK...AND BEAVERDAM CREEK.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 3330 8278 3317 8290 3318 8302 3327 8310
3338 8303 3344 8289 3345 8287 3343 8282
3339 8283 3336 8280 3333 8280
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KFFC 022325
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
725 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
GAC141-030415-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130703T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK GA-
725 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...
AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN GENERALLY TWO AREAS. FIRST...EAST OF HIGHWAY
22 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 16 OVER THE OGEECHEE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA. SECOND...JUST SOUTH OF SPARTA BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 15 AND 22.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWELTON.
THE WATER FROM THE FIRST AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO THE
TRIBUTARIES OF THE OGEECHEE RIVER ACROSS EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...
INCLUDING HUNNON BRANCH...FULSOME CREEK...LITTLE OGEECHEE RIVER...
AND BEAVERDAM CREEK. WITH THE SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL...THE
WATER WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS NEAR AND SOUTH OF SPARTA INCLUDING
TWOMILE CREEK...PINKSTON CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...AND SANDY RUN CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3330 8278 3317 8290 3318 8302 3327 8310
3338 8303 3344 8289 3345 8287 3343 8282
3339 8283 3336 8280 3333 8280
$$947
WGUS72 KFFC 030119
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
GAC141-030415-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130703T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK GA-
919 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...
AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN GENERALLY TWO AREAS. FIRST...EAST OF HIGHWAY
22 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 16 OVER THE OGEECHEE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA. SECOND...JUST SOUTH OF SPARTA BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 15 AND 22.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWELTON.
THE WATER FROM THE FIRST AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO THE
TRIBUTARIES OF THE OGEECHEE RIVER ACROSS EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...
INCLUDING HUNNON BRANCH...FULSOME CREEK...LITTLE OGEECHEE RIVER...
AND BEAVERDAM CREEK. WITH THE SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL...THE
WATER WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS NEAR AND SOUTH OF SPARTA INCLUDING
TWOMILE CREEK...PINKSTON CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...AND SANDY RUN CREEK.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3330 8278 3317 8290 3318 8302 3327 8310
3338 8303 3344 8289 3345 8287 3343 8282
3339 8283 3336 8280 3333 8280
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Johnson, Washington | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 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.