Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2013, 9:19 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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 16, 2013, 9:19 AM EDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Centerville, GA | THE HOUSTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FLOOD WATERS FROM DRAINAGE DITICHES AND SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING PORTIONS OF AROUND 10 ROADS IN THE CENTERVILLE AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF A FEW RESIDENTIAL YARDS NEAR THE STREAMS OCCURRED. THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158
WGUS52 KFFC 161319
FFWFFC
GAC021-153-225-289-161915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0085.130816T1319Z-130816T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN HOUR WERE
OCCURRING AS THE SHOWERS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BEULAH
BRANCH...BAY GALL CREEK AND SANDY RUN CREEK BASINS SHOULD BEGIN
OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARNER
ROBINS...JEFFERSONVILLE...BYRON AND CENTERVILLE.
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 3244 8381 3265 8383 3283 8337 3268 8328
3264 8326 3263 8326
$$
161 follow-up statement
885
WGUS72 KFFC 161529
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1129 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013
GAC021-153-225-289-161615-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-130816T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TWIGGS GA-PEACH GA-BIBB GA-HOUSTON GA-
1129 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN HOUSTON...
SOUTH CENTRAL BIBB...EASTERN PEACH AND CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND
ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5
TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED SINCE 800 AM EDT.
THE HOUSTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FLOOD WATERS FROM
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING PORTIONS OF AROUND 10
ROADS IN THE CENTERVILLE AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF A FEW
RESIDENTIAL YARDS NEAR THE STREAMS OCCURRED. THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE
BEEN FLOWING INTO THE BAY GALL CREEK BASIN AND ARE RECEDING AT THIS
TIME.
NO REPORTS OF FLOODING OTHER THAN WATER PONDING ON ROADS OCCURRED
IN EAST PEACH COUNTY...SOUTH BIBB COUNTY AND THE WEST SIDE OF TWIGGS
COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3244 8381 3265 8383 3283 8337 3268 8328
3264 8326 3263 8326
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 63 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.