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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 2014Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2014, 6:18 PM EDT for Chattooga 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
Jul 22, 2014, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2014, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Chattooga County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

615 
WGUS52 KFFC 222218
FFWFFC
GAC055-230415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0021.140722T2218Z-140723T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM AROUND SUMMERVILLE..MOVING WEST AT
  5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRION

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS AND WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...
STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 8542 3459 8527 3458 8511 3443 8518
      3441 8524 3440 8542

$$
1 follow-up statement
898 
WGUS72 KFFC 230001
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
801 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014

GAC055-230009-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140723T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHATTOOGA GA-
801 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
CHATTOOGA COUNTY...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED AND MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY SEE HIGHER 
THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER THE 
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED.

IF YOU SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6...OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT 
NWSATLANTA.

LAT...LON 3459 8542 3459 8527 3458 8511 3443 8518
      3441 8524 3440 8542

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Jefferson63 min
Jul 21, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson60 min
Jul 21, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones67 min
Jul 22, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga29 min
Jul 22, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.