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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2013, 9:49 PM EDT for Dawson County, Pickens 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 8, 2013, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2013, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dawson County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
970
WGUS52 KFFC 090149
FFWFFC
GAC085-227-090745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0045.130709T0149Z-130709T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
949 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT
* AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE OVER THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE
STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAUSETT
LAKE AND SEQUOYAH LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3454 8438 3457 8432 3455 8426 3441 8422
3439 8436
$$1 follow-up statement
272
WGUS72 KFFC 090340
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013
GAC085-227-090745-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-130709T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS GA-DAWSON GA-
1140 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND EASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES...
AT 1132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. NO ADDITIONAL
RAIN IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAUSETT LAKE
AND SEQUOYAH LAKE
AT 1130 PM EDT ROADS WERE REPORTED COVERED WITH WATER AND SEVERAL
DRIVEWAYS WERE WASHED OUT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN RURAL
AREAS OF THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8438 3457 8432 3455 8426 3441 8422
3439 8436
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 78 min |
| Jul 8, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 11:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 31 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 35 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.