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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:44 AM EST for Chattahoochee 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, 8:44 AM EST (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chattahoochee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131
WGUS52 KFFC 241344 RRA
FFWFFC
GAC053-241945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0031.151224T1344Z-151224T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST THURSDAY
* AT 843 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 7 AM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CUSSETA...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...RENFROE...
CHRISTOPHER...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING AND MANTA.
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 3223 8492 3224 8491 3225 8492 3225 8491
3226 8490 3226 8489 3230 8494 3233 8501
3234 8500 3235 8498 3245 8466 3223 8466
$$
DJN1 follow-up statement
391
WGUS72 KFFC 241557
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
GAC053-241945-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151224T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1057 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...
AT 1054 AM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TO
THE SOUTHWEST OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY.
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE ALREADY
OCCURRED SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. EXPECT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO
MOVE IN BY AROUND 12 PM. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH FLASH FLOOD
THREAT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CUSSETA...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...RENFROE...
CHRISTOPHER...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING AND MANTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8492 3224 8491 3225 8492 3225 8491
3226 8490 3226 8489 3230 8494 3233 8501
3234 8500 3235 8498 3245 8466 3223 8466
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 8:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 9:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 18 days |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 11 days |
| Dec 23, 11:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 12:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 1:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Dec 24, 2:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 9 days |
| Dec 24, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Dec 24, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 3:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 3:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 4:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 8 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 61 min |
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 5:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 5:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 5:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 53 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 5:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 6:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 6:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 6:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 6:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 7:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, White | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 7:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 7:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 13 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 8:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 9:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 58 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 26 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 10 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 11:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 51 hr |
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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.