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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2013Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 10:15 AM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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 3, 2013, 10:15 AM EDT (14:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2013, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1032 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1032 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

068 
WGUS52 KFFC 031415
FFWFFC
GAC143-031615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0030.130703T1415Z-130703T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1009 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM  TALLAPOOSA TO       
  BREMEN..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AREAS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL  
  HARALSON COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 2.5-4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER     
  AMOUNTS SINCE 9 AM EDT. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  BUCHANAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER...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 3390 8521 3390 8504 3382 8504 3370 8510
      3369 8513 3370 8515 3365 8529 3365 8533
      3366 8534 3369 8535

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns45 min
Jul 2, 10:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton63 hr
Jul 2, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield68 min
Jul 3, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk54 min
Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup3 hr
Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHaralson6 hr
Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton6 hr
Jul 3, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Monroe29 min
Jul 3, 2:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer and 3 more6 hr
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth15 hr
Jul 3, 2:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb6 hr
Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup6 hr
Jul 3, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair33 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWilkes6 hr
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBaldwin, Wilkinson6 hr
Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more6 hr

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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.