Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2013, 4:19 PM EDT for Gilmer 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
- Apr 28, 2013, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2013, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WGUS52 KFFC 282019
FFWFFC
GAC123-290215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0003.130428T2019Z-130429T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 412 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHERRY LOG
AND MOUNTAINTOWN.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN
AN AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8438 3480 8431 3473 8426 3467 8425
3463 8419 3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8433
3455 8437 3455 8446 3456 8447 3455 8448
3456 8450 3455 8465 3474 8465 3478 8464
3482 8459 3485 8461
$$1 follow-up statement
429
WGUS72 KFFC 290210
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1010 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
GAC123-290220-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130429T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER GA-
1010 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT FOR GILMER
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3484 8438 3480 8431 3473 8426 3467 8425
3463 8419 3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8433
3455 8437 3455 8446 3456 8447 3455 8448
3456 8450 3455 8465 3474 8465 3478 8464
3482 8459 3485 8461
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 2:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 72 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 16 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.