Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2013, 9:04 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 14, 2013, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 9:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Dublin, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER INCLUDING SOUTHERN PINES NEAR HIGHWAY 441. SEVERAL CARS WERE ALSO REPORTED SUBMERGED BY LOCAL MEDIA. |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069
WGUS52 KFFC 150104
FFWFFC
GAC175-150700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0082.130815T0104Z-130815T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO
4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTROSE...
EAST DUBLIN...DUDLEY AND DUBLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3258 8323 3271 8295 3272 8286 3270 8281
3266 8280 3266 8278 3247 8265 3246 8269
3241 8270 3234 8275 3231 8272 3219 8286
3219 8290 3215 8299
$$2 follow-up statements
565
WGUS72 KFFC 150146
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
946 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2013
GAC175-150700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-130815T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAURENS GA-
946 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 940 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS
ROADS AND CARS SUBMERGED AS WELL AS TREES DOWN MAKING FOR A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTROSE...
EAST DUBLIN...DUDLEY AND DUBLIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 8323 3271 8295 3272 8286 3270 8281
3266 8280 3266 8278 3247 8265 3246 8269
3241 8270 3234 8275 3231 8272 3219 8286
3219 8290 3215 8299
$$476
WGUS72 KFFC 150542
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
142 AM EDT THU AUG 15 2013
GAC175-150700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-130815T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAURENS GA-
142 AM EDT THU AUG 15 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 130 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED A FEW
ROADS IN CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY STILL HAD WATER COVERING THEM...BUT
MOST OF THE FLOOD WATERS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING WAS
RECEDING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED EARLIER FROM
TUCKERS CROSSROAD THROUGH DUBLIN TO THE SOUTH END OF LAURENS COUNTY
WEST OF CEDAR GROVE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 300 AM EDT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MONTROSE...EAST DUBLIN...DUDLEY AND DUBLIN.
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 3258 8323 3271 8295 3272 8286 3270 8281
3266 8280 3266 8278 3247 8265 3246 8269
3241 8270 3234 8275 3231 8272 3219 8286
3219 8290 3215 8299
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 94 min |
| Aug 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 96 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 82 more | 4 days |
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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.