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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 24, 2015Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 7:09 AM EST for Gilmer County, Pickens 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
Dec 24, 2015, 7:09 AM EST (12:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2015-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2015-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

518 
WGUS52 KFFC 241209
FFWFFC
GAC123-227-241800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0025.151224T1209Z-151224T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
709 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 100 PM EST
    
* AT 706 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TALONA AND BLAINE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS...INCLUDING CLEAR CREEK...FAUSETT CREEK...AND TALKING ROCK
CREEK. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS. 

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 3464 8449 3462 8439 3449 8456 3448 8460
      3453 8465

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 7:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk31 min
Dec 23, 8:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee37 min
Dec 23, 9:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth20 hr
Dec 23, 9:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton4 days
Dec 23, 9:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union28 min
Dec 23, 9:41 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler18 days
Dec 23, 9:41 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter11 days
Dec 23, 11:26 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more12 hr
Dec 24, 12:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding25 min
Dec 24, 12:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee51 min
Dec 24, 1:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee52 min
Dec 24, 2:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee9 days
Dec 24, 2:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker26 min
Dec 24, 2:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield37 min
Dec 24, 3:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart60 min
Dec 24, 3:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow64 min
Dec 24, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray24 min
Dec 24, 3:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart28 min
Dec 24, 4:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton8 hr
Dec 24, 4:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens61 min
Dec 24, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson25 min
Dec 24, 5:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk41 min
Dec 24, 5:06 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk24 min
Dec 24, 5:10 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens6 hr
Dec 24, 5:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer24 hr
Dec 24, 5:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale53 hr
Dec 24, 5:35 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens24 hr
Dec 24, 5:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb31 min
Dec 24, 5:54 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk6 hr
Dec 24, 6:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee37 min
Dec 24, 6:11 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCUnion24 hr
Dec 24, 6:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth33 min
Dec 24, 6:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCUnion24 hr
Dec 24, 6:20 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray6 hr
Dec 24, 6:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll23 min
Dec 24, 6:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer24 hr
Dec 24, 6:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth29 min
Dec 24, 6:51 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCBartow, Floyd6 hr
Dec 24, 6:55 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas6 hr
Dec 24, 7:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
Dec 24, 7:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall, White23 min
Dec 24, 7:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart51 min
Dec 24, 7:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Dec 24, 7:31 AM ESTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFFCGilmer6 hr
Dec 24, 7:38 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas6 hr
Dec 24, 7:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson64 min
Dec 24, 7:46 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer13 hr
Dec 24, 8:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton6 hr
Dec 24, 8:08 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart6 hr
Dec 24, 8:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin50 min
Dec 24, 8:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion34 min
Dec 24, 8:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCTroup6 hr
Dec 24, 8:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBartow24 hr
Dec 24, 8:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton50 min
Dec 24, 8:38 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk24 hr
Dec 24, 8:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin6 hr
Dec 24, 8:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee6 hr
Dec 24, 9:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion24 min
Dec 24, 9:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton47 min
Dec 24, 9:36 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union, White6 hr
Dec 24, 9:42 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether6 hr
Dec 24, 9:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll58 hr
Dec 24, 9:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth26 hr
Dec 24, 9:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens6 hr
Dec 24, 9:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Dec 24, 9:59 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee30 hr
Dec 24, 10:03 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas18 hr
Dec 24, 10:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot32 min
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee36 hr
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield7 days
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon10 days
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 hr
Dec 24, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCElbert, Madison, Oglethorpe28 hr
Dec 24, 10:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCTowns31 hr
Dec 24, 11:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale25 min
Dec 24, 11:11 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 hr
Dec 24, 11:35 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCHaralson27 hr
Dec 24, 11:35 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette24 hr
Dec 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd36 hr
Dec 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette51 hr

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.