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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2013Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 10:34 AM EDT for Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 10, 2013, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 11:30 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD7 Wnw Hawkinsville, GADITCHES OVERFLOWED A PORTION OF BUCK CREEK ROAD EAST OF KLONDIKE WITH TWO FEET OF WATER AND FLOODED A RESIDENTIAL YARD. A PORTION OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 26 NEAR BROWNDALE HAD EROSION DAMAGE DUE TO AN OVERFLOWING CULVERT.
Jul 10, 11:30 AM EDTFLASH FLOODSsw Klondike, GAA PORTION OF BARRETT ROAD NEAR KLONDIKE HAD A CULVERT WASHED OUT WHICH DAMAGED THE ROAD.

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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1819 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

693 
WGUS52 KFFC 101434
FFWFFC
GAC153-235-102030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0048.130710T1434Z-130710T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1034 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM PERRY TO           
  HAWKINSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND HAVE   
  THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.      
  LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 
  FROM HAYNEVILLE TO KLONDIKE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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

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 3215 8361 3223 8360 3225 8362 3225 8360
      3229 8360 3228 8371 3243 8383 3263 8355
      3252 8354 3248 8349 3241 8348 3240 8350
      3231 8340 3213 8360

$$

16
2 follow-up statements
612 
WGUS72 KFFC 101621
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1221 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAC153-235-102030-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130710T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
1221 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...

AT 1210 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME FLOOD 
DAMAGE IN THE WARNED AREA.

LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM 
HAYNEVILLE TO KLONDIKE TO BROWNDALE. A PORTION OF BARRETT ROAD NEAR 
KLONDIKE IN SOUTHEAST HOUSTON COUNTY HAD A CULVERT WASHED OUT WHICH 
DAMAGED THE ROAD. 

IN PULASKI COUNTY...DITCHES OVERFLOWED A PORTION OF BUCK CREEK ROAD 
EAST OF KLONDIKE WITH TWO FEET OF WATER AND WAS FLOODING A 
RESIDENTIAL YARD. A PORTION OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 26 NEAR BROWNDALE HAD 
EROSION DAMAGE DUE TO AN OVERFLOWING CULVERT.

THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT THE WARNING
WILL CONTINUE DUE TO HIGH WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE SMALL STREAMS 
AND CREEKS THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3215 8361 3223 8360 3225 8362 3225 8360
      3229 8360 3228 8371 3243 8383 3263 8355
      3252 8354 3248 8349 3241 8348 3240 8350
      3231 8340 3213 8360

$$

16
435 
WGUS72 KFFC 101837
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
237 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAC153-235-101844-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130710T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
237 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HOUSTON AND
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...

THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA. THE 
FLOOD WATERS THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO SOME CULVERTS AND ROADS HAVE 
RECEDED. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED 
SINCE AROUND NOON.

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 3215 8361 3223 8360 3225 8362 3225 8360
      3229 8360 3228 8371 3243 8383 3263 8355
      3252 8354 3248 8349 3241 8348 3240 8350
      3231 8340 3213 8360

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee39 min
Jul 10, 12:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWilkes6 hr
Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe and 1 more22 hr
Jul 10, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski23 min
Jul 10, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski30 min
Jul 10, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge47 min
Jul 10, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski60 min
Jul 10, 10:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee36 hr
Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens56 min
Jul 10, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb37 min
Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield45 min
Jul 10, 1:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb6 hr
Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike32 min
Jul 10, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard29 min
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon40 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson30 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin23 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson50 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson42 min
Jul 10, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk43 min
Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart, Webster40 min
Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 min
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Jul 10, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee37 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee48 min
Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson47 min
Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee24 min
Jul 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley52 min
Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton48 min
Jul 10, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke42 min
Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke, Oconee4 hr
Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Rockdale50 min
Jul 10, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry36 min
Jul 10, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade48 min
Jul 10, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Walton43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.