Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Milledgeville, GA | WATER FROM REEDY CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 29. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715
WGUS52 KFFC 032031
FFWFFC
GAC009-319-040230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0037.130703T2031Z-130704T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLEDGEVILLE. EXPECT RAPID RISES ALONG THOMPSON BRANCH...BLACK
CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE OCONEE RIVER.
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.
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 3288 8329 3318 8327 3318 8320 3315 8311
3314 8309 3311 8312 3308 8312 3305 8310
3308 8305 3302 8307 3300 8305 3295 8308
3289 8305
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KFFC 032259
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
659 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
GAC009-319-040230-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130704T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILKINSON GA-BALDWIN GA-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN BALDWIN AND NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTIES...
AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLEDGEVILLE. EXPECT CONTINUED HIGH WATER AND RAPID RISES ALONG
THOMPSON BRANCH...BLACK CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE
OCONEE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3288 8329 3318 8327 3318 8320 3315 8311
3314 8309 3311 8312 3308 8312 3305 8310
3308 8305 3302 8307 3300 8305 3295 8308
3289 8305
$$822
WGUS72 KFFC 040223
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1023 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
GAC009-319-040233-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130704T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILKINSON GA-BALDWIN GA-
1023 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
BALDWIN AND NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTIES...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN
BALDWIN AND NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTIES. SOME REPORTS OF CREEKS OUT
OF THEIR BANKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WEATHER IN CASE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE NEEDED.
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 3288 8329 3318 8327 3318 8320 3315 8311
3314 8309 3311 8312 3308 8312 3305 8310
3308 8305 3302 8307 3300 8305 3295 8308
3289 8305
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 63 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 15 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.