Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 2:08 AM EST for 4 counties in 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 25, 2015, 2:08 AM EST (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2015, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784
WGUS52 KFFC 250708
FFWFFC
GAC145-199-263-285-251300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0038.151225T0708Z-151225T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
208 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 800 AM EST
* AT 206 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HARRIS...SOUTHEAST TROUP...MERIWEHTER AND
NORTHWEST TALBOT COUNTIES. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
SINCE MIDNIGHT. WITH THE ONGOING FLOODING AND VERY SATURATED
GROUNDS...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR QUICKLY. REMAIN ALERT TO RISING
WATER!
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...HAMILTON...GREENVILLE...MANCHESTER...WEST POINT...
HOGANSVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...WAVERLY HALL...WARM
SPRINGS...WOODLAND...LONE OAK...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...JONES
CROSSROADS...HARRIS CITY...MOUNTAIN HILL...BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...
LAKE HARDING...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK AND WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM
INTHE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 WARNING AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3320 8485 3301 8457 3294 8452 3291 8453
3288 8451 3288 8448 3286 8449 3283 8446
3267 8470 3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509
3269 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512
3281 8517 3285 8515 3286 8519 3294 8520
$$1 follow-up statement
296
WGUS72 KFFC 250904
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
404 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015
GAC145-199-263-285-251300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-151225T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-TALBOT GA-
404 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR
HARRIS...SOUTHERN TROUP...MERIWETHER AND NORTHWESTERN TALBOT
COUNTIES...
AT 403 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS TROUP COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...HAMILTON...GREENVILLE...MANCHESTER...WEST POINT...
HOGANSVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...WAVERLY HALL...WARM
SPRINGS...WOODLAND...LONE OAK...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...JONES
CROSSROADS...HARRIS CITY...MOUNTAIN HILL...BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...LAKE
HARDING...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK AND WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3320 8485 3301 8457 3294 8452 3291 8453
3288 8451 3288 8448 3286 8449 3283 8446
3267 8470 3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509
3269 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512
3281 8517 3285 8515 3286 8519 3294 8520
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 7:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 7:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 7:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 42 min |
| Dec 24, 8:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 55 min |
| Dec 24, 9:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 12 days |
| Dec 24, 9:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley | 63 min |
| Dec 24, 9:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 70 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 45 min |
| Dec 24, 10:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 49 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 48 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 10:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 11:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 11 days |
| Dec 24, 11:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 46 min |
| Dec 24, 11:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 57 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 1:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 69 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 62 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 3:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 4:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 5:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 5:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 48 min |
| Dec 25, 6:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 3 days |
| Dec 25, 6:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 64 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 61 min |
| Dec 25, 8:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 38 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 21 min |
| Dec 25, 9:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 9:27 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Johnson and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 5 days |
| Dec 25, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 14 days |
| Dec 25, 9:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 60 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 71 min |
| Dec 25, 10:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 70 min |
| Dec 25, 10:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 11:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 11:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 11:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 25 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:06 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 48 min |
| Dec 25, 12:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 57 min |
| Dec 25, 12:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:29 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 8 days |
| Dec 25, 2:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 7 days |
| Dec 25, 6:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 6 days |
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.