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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2013, 6:39 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Union County, White 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
- Aug 10, 2013, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2013, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335
WGUS52 KFFC 102239
FFWFFC
GAC187-291-311-110445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0077.130810T2239Z-130811T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES WEST OF HELEN TO HELEN TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HELEN..MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UNICOI STATE PARK.
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.
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 3484 8379 3483 8380 3482 8378 3479 8377
3480 8368 3477 8363 3475 8362 3466 8365
3463 8363 3458 8363 3469 8403 3487 8382
$$1 follow-up statement
528
WGUS72 KFFC 110125
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
925 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
GAC187-291-311-110135-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0077.000000T0000Z-130811T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE GA-UNION GA-LUMPKIN GA-
925 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
LUMPKIN...SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND NORTHERN WHITE COUNTIES...
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3484 8379 3483 8380 3482 8378 3479 8377
3480 8368 3477 8363 3475 8362 3466 8365
3463 8363 3458 8363 3469 8403 3487 8382
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 7:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 16 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 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.