Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 9:11 PM EDT for Houston 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
- Apr 14, 2015, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Houston County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029
WGUS52 KFFC 150111
FFWFFC
GAC153-150700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.150415T0111Z-150415T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
911 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 907 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FALLEN
OVER THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 6 PM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 3
INCHES HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RISES OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 3230 8385 3236 8385 3236 8386 3238 8386
3238 8384 3242 8384 3251 8370 3242 8363
$$2 follow-up statements
052
WGUS72 KFFC 150323
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1123 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2015
GAC153-150700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150415T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOUSTON GA-
1123 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 1122 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 6 PM. WITH ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT RAINFALL...FLASH
FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3230 8385 3236 8385 3236 8386 3238 8386
3238 8384 3242 8384 3251 8370 3242 8363
$$830
WGUS72 KFFC 150440
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1240 AM EDT WED APR 15 2015
GAC153-150449-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150415T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOUSTON GA-
1240 AM EDT WED APR 15 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3230 8385 3236 8385 3236 8386 3238 8386
3238 8384 3242 8384 3251 8370 3242 8363
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.