Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 5:02 PM EDT for Telfair 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 19, 2013, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788
WGUS52 KFFC 192102
FFWFFC
GAC271-200300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0088.130819T2102Z-130820T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
502 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH IS
EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HELENA AND
MCRAE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON SUGAR CREEK...TURNPIKE CREEK AND THEIR
TRIBUTARIES.
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 3200 8300 3208 8300 3213 8292 3211 8290
3210 8290 3206 8285 3196 8274 3189 8282
$$2 follow-up statements
648
WGUS72 KFFC 192348
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
748 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAC271-200300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-130820T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELFAIR GA-
748 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY...
AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT UP TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL JUST SOUTH OF MCRAE. LIGHT RAIN
IS FALLING OVER THE AREA NOW AND NEW RAINFALL OF LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HELENA AND
MCRAE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 8300 3208 8300 3213 8292 3211 8290
3210 8290 3206 8285 3196 8274 3189 8282
$$766
WGUS72 KFFC 200054
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
854 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAC271-200103-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-130820T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELFAIR GA-
854 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TELFAIR COUNTY...
AT 855 PM EDT THE TELFAIR COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED NO ONGOING
FLOODING IN THE COUNTY. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE LIKELY STILL
RUNNING HIGH AND SOME ROADS MAY HAVE WATER PONDING THROUGH THE
EVENING.
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 3200 8300 3208 8300 3213 8292 3211 8290
3210 8290 3206 8285 3196 8274 3189 8282
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 9:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Toombs | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton and 7 more | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 2 more | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 11:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall and 1 more | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 3:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 42 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 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.