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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2014, 10:37 PM EDT for Bleckley 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
- May 14, 2014, 10:37 PM EDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bleckley County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cochran, GA | THE BLECKLEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN THE COCHRAN AREA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OF 3 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. OVERFLOWING DRAINAGE BRANCHES AND SMALL STREAMS CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO ENTER A CRAWL SPACE OF A HOME OFF OF ANN ST |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS52 KFFC 150237
FFWFFC
GAC023-150900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.140515T0237Z-140515T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1037 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT THURSDAY
* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER BLECKLEY COUNTY
AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IN THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND
THE COCHRAN AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GOLDSBORO...REBIE AND CARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...
AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
RESIDENTS ACROSS BLECKLEY COUNTY SHOULD 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 3240 8350 3242 8348 3246 8350 3258 8322
3243 8314 3245 8318 3234 8330 3232 8328
3228 8333 3228 8334 3227 8335
$$2 follow-up statements
938
WGUS72 KFFC 150615
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
215 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
GAC023-150900-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140515T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLECKLEY GA-
215 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR
BLECKLEY COUNTY...
AS OF 215 AM EDT...THE RAIN HAD MOSTLY TAPERED OFF IN THE COUNTY
HOWEVER MODERATE RAINFALL WILL MOVE BACK INTO THIS AREA AFTER 3
AM. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...WATER LEVELS ON LARGER CREEKS
AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
THROUGH 5 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8350 3242 8348 3246 8350 3258 8322
3243 8314 3245 8318 3234 8330 3232 8328
3228 8333 3228 8334 3227 8335
$$753
WGUS72 KFFC 150859
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
GAC023-150908-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140515T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLECKLEY GA-
459 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM EDT FOR BLECKLEY
COUNTY...
WATER LEVELS ON SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE RECEDED
AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LARGER
WATERWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SLOW RISES THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EARLIER...PLEASE 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 3240 8350 3242 8348 3246 8350 3258 8322
3243 8314 3245 8318 3234 8330 3232 8328
3228 8333 3228 8334 3227 8335
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall and 4 more | 28 min |
| May 14, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 38 min |
| May 14, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more | 46 min |
| May 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Meriwether, Paulding | 42 min |
| May 14, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| May 14, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 85 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.