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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Athens, GA | LAW ENFORECEMENT REPORTS WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY WITH PORTIONS IMPASSABLE NEAR 800 WESTLAKE DRIVE AT BEACHWOOD. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
304
WGUS52 KFFC 102200
FFWFFC
GAC059-219-110200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0050.130710T2200Z-130711T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
NEAR ATHENS AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHICH RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL YESTERDAY. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE THE
STORM DISSIPATES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATHENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3400 8331 3395 8328 3394 8327 3385 8330
3385 8342 3391 8351 3400 8347
$$1 follow-up statement
080
WGUS72 KFFC 102342
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
GAC059-219-110200-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-130711T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OCONEE GA-CLARKE GA-
742 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES...
AT 738 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLASH
FLOODING NEAR WESTLAKE DRIVE AND BEECHWOOD. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL
RAIN HAS FALLEN...FLOODED ROADWAYS COULD REMAIN A PROBLEM THIS
EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATHENS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3400 8331 3395 8328 3394 8328 3385 8330
3385 8342 3391 8351 3400 8347
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 36 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Walton | 43 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.