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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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 15, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2014, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dooly County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
444
WGUS52 KFFC 160024
FFWFFC
GAC093-160415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0037.140916T0024Z-140916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
824 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND BYROMVILLE TO
PINEHURST THROUGH EAST OF VIENNA..MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOOLING...LILLY AND UNADILLA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG CREEK...ROCKY BRANCH...TURKEY CREEK...CAMP CREEK...HOGCRAWL
CREEK...LITTLE CREEK...SOUTH PRONG CREEK...REEDY BRANCH...ROGERS
BRANCH...CEDAR CREEK...WALLACE BRANCH...ROCK HILL CREEK...LITTLE
PENNAHATCHEE CREEK...WILDCAT CREEK...SANDY MOUNT CREEK...LILLY
BRANCH...BRATCHER CREEK...TENMILE CREEK...PENNAHATCHEE CREEK...BEAR
CREEK...MIMS BRANCH...LIMESTONE CREEK AND GUM CREEK.
2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLANDS AND
WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3205 8398 3209 8398 3215 8403 3219 8402
3225 8389 3229 8367 3229 8360 3225 8360
3225 8362 3223 8360 3203 8361 3203 8393
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KFFC 160155
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
955 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2014
GAC093-160415-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOOLY GA-
955 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
DOOLY COUNTY...
AT 946 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY
LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY...HOWEVER
RUNOFF FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING IS STILL
LIKELY TO BE CAUSING SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DRAYTON...
LILLY...THE FLINT RIVER WMA...RICHWOOD AND TIPPETTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLANDS AND
WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3205 8398 3209 8398 3215 8403 3219 8402
3225 8389 3229 8367 3229 8360 3225 8360
3225 8362 3223 8360 3203 8361 3203 8393
$$729
WGUS72 KFFC 160328
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1128 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2014
GAC093-160334-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOOLY GA-
1128 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DOOLY COUNTY...
AT 1124 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED ALL PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER THE
COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. MOTORISTS ARE
CAUTIONED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SMALL CREEKS MAY
STILL BE RUNNING AT OR NEAR BANKFULL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY.
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 3205 8398 3209 8398 3215 8403 3219 8402
3225 8389 3229 8367 3229 8360 3225 8360
3225 8362 3223 8360 3203 8361 3203 8393
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Dooly, Macon, Pulaski, Schley, Telfair and 1 more | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 43 min |
| Sep 15, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski and 3 more | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 34 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.