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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2014, 6:52 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether 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
- Sep 7, 2014, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2014, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064
WGUS52 KFFC 072252
FFWFFC
GAC077-199-080445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0032.140907T2252Z-140908T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH ANOTHER
2 OR SO POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS DISSIPATE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORELAND
AND NEWNAN.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8495 3344 8492 3347 8491 3352 8483
3351 8478 3313 8452 3298 8455 3311 8486
3322 8486 3322 8492 3341 8500
$$2 follow-up statements
583
WGUS72 KFFC 080044
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014
GAC077-199-080445-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140908T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-
844 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
COWETA AND NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT AREA
CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 4 AND
6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
COWETA COUNTY GENERALLY BETWEEN 600 AND 800 PM EDT. SOME BACK ROADS
MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWNAN...
GRANTVILLE...MORELAND...AND LUTHERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8495 3344 8492 3347 8491 3352 8483
3351 8478 3313 8452 3298 8455 3311 8486
3322 8486 3322 8492 3341 8500
$$228
WGUS72 KFFC 080326
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1126 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014
GAC077-199-080445-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140908T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-
1126 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
COWETA AND NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA BUT HIGH WATER ESPECIALLY IN
LOW-LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS WATERS
CONTINUE TO RECEDE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWNAN...
GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...AND MORELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8495 3344 8492 3347 8491 3352 8483
3351 8478 3313 8452 3298 8455 3311 8486
3322 8486 3322 8492 3341 8500
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 23 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.