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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 6:46 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387
WGUS52 KFFC 082246
FFWFFC
GAC083-295-090245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0075.130808T2246Z-130809T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER DADE COUNTY...MOVING EAST
AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM WHICH WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...CHICKAMAUGA AND LAFAYETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3499 8528 3494 8526 3486 8526 3485 8522
3484 8521 3460 8516 3460 8554 3486 8559
3495 8561 3498 8561
$$1 follow-up statement
890
WGUS72 KFFC 090247
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
GAC083-295-090257-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-130809T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WALKER GA-DADE GA-
1047 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DADE AND WALKER
COUNTIES...
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3499 8528 3494 8526 3486 8526 3485 8522
3484 8521 3460 8516 3460 8554 3486 8559
3495 8561 3498 8561
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more | 80 min |
| Aug 8, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 77 min |
| Aug 8, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 79 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.