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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 30, 2015Hall County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT for Hall County, Lumpkin County, White 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 30, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2015-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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 2015-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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.

978 
WGUS52 KFFC 302145
FFWFFC
GAC139-187-311-010145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0023.150930T2145Z-151001T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT WED SEP 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
    
* AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO 
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...CLERMONT...GARLAND AND MURRAYVILLE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 WARNING AT
NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3440 8369 3440 8394 3448 8398 3459 8397
      3460 8372

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Polk51 min
Sep 29, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk46 min
Sep 29, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow33 min
Sep 29, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel42 min
Sep 30, 12:55 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 82 more9 hr
Sep 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall43 min
Sep 30, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin51 min
Sep 30, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison40 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.