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Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT for Upson 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 19, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 19, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Thomaston, GA | UPSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS MLK JR DRIVE AND WALTON STREET BLOCKED BY A FLOODED CREEK IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF THOMASTON. |
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 61 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
- 1503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
428
WGUS52 KFFC 200106
FFWFFC
GAC293-200700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0090.130820T0106Z-130820T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
906 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF WESTERN
UPSON COUNTY...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASTON.
SOME CREEKS IMPACTED INCLUDE BELL CREEK...POTATO CREEK AND SWIFT
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS...FORESTLANDS 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 3296 8436 3294 8422 3271 8421 3274 8424
3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435 3278 8438
3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449 3287 8447
3288 8450 3291 8451
$$1 follow-up statement
446
WGUS72 KFFC 200246
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1046 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAC293-200700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0090.000000T0000Z-130820T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UPSON GA-
1046 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
WESTERN UPSON COUNTY...
AT 1039 PM EDT...THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR DRIVE AND WALTON STREET BLOCKED BY A FLOODING CREEK IN THE
LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
DISSIPATED...FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ON AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASTON...
LINCOLN PARK...ROLAND...BIRDSONG CROSSROADS AND ADAMS FERRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...FORESTLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
SOME CREEKS IMPACTED INCLUDE POTATO CREEK...BELL CREEK...WOMBLE
CREEK...SWIFT CREEK AND JERRY REEVES CREEK.
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 3296 8436 3294 8422 3271 8421 3274 8424
3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435 3278 8438
3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449 3287 8447
3288 8450 3291 8451
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Toombs | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Aug 20, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.