Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 5:28 PM EDT for Bleckley 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, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bleckley County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785
WGUS52 KFFC 192128
FFWFFC
GAC023-200330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0089.130819T2128Z-130820T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
528 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF INCH OF
RAIN SEEMS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAGNOLIA...
ROYAL...COLEY STATION AND CARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON JORDAN CREEK...SOUTH SHELLSTONE
CREEK...AND BOLLINGER 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 3229 8337 3236 8345 3246 8349 3250 8341
3254 8332 3240 8324
$$2 follow-up statements
259
WGUS72 KFFC 192352
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
752 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAC023-200330-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-130820T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLECKLEY GA-
752 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
BLECKLEY COUNTY...
AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN COCHRAN. OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE
COUNTY HAS SEEN UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
OCCURRING IN THIS AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAGNOLIA...
ROYAL AND COLEY STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3229 8337 3236 8345 3246 8349 3250 8341
3254 8332 3240 8324
$$727
WGUS72 KFFC 200145
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAC023-200153-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-130820T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLECKLEY GA-
945 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BLECKLEY COUNTY...
AT 945 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN
BLECKLEY COUNTY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND NO REPORTS OF CURRENT
FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY
SEE CONTINUED HIGH WATER THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND SOME
SMALLER ROADS MAY STILL HAVE WATER PONDING ON THEM.
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 3229 8337 3236 8345 3246 8349 3250 8341
3254 8332 3240 8324
$$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, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair | 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.