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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 2015, 7:02 PM EDT for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Wilcox 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
- Oct 1, 2015, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eastman, GA | AT LEAST SIX APARTMENTS AT THE EASTMAN GARDENS APARTMENT COMPLEX WERE FLOODED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. |
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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
836
WGUS52 KFFC 012302
FFWFFC
GAC091-235-315-020500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0024.151001T2302Z-151002T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 701 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...RHINE...UNION...GODWINSVILLE...FIVE POINTS...
OCMULGEE BANKS AND BROWNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3223 8338 3224 8309 3196 8313 3190 8321
3188 8319 3188 8318 3186 8318 3185 8334
$$2 follow-up statements
150
WGUS72 KFFC 012322
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
GAC091-235-315-020500-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-151002T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI GA-DODGE GA-WILCOX GA-
722 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND EASTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES...
AT 721 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN NOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING
IS OCCURRING ACCORDING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...RHINE...UNION...GODWINSVILLE...FIVE POINTS...
OCMULGEE BANKS AND BROWNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8338 3224 8309 3196 8313 3190 8321
3188 8319 3188 8318 3186 8318 3185 8334
$$175
WGUS72 KFFC 020047
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
847 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
GAC091-235-315-020500-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-151002T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI GA-DODGE GA-WILCOX GA-
847 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND EASTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES...
AT 845 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
EASTMAN AREA AT A LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS
ENDED...FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS IN THE LOW LYING AND NORMALLY PRONE AREAS. OVER THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH FLASH FLOODING ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...RHINE...UNION...GODWINSVILLE...FIVE POINTS...
OCMULGEE BANKS AND BROWNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF 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 3223 8338 3224 8309 3196 8313 3190 8321
3188 8319 3188 8318 3186 8318 3185 8334
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 66 min |
| Oct 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Clarke and 31 more | 71 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 40 min |
| Oct 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Oct 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 23 min |
| Oct 1, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 37 min |
| Oct 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.