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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 12:30 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports 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
- Dec 30, 2015, 12:30 PM EST (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2015, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Thomaston, GA | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN UPSON COUNTY...GOSHEN AT W. GORDON SCHOOL..SHIELDS DR AT CAREY DR...AND TRIUNE MILL ROAD AT GLENDALE RD. |
| Dec 30, 6:18 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Rehobeth, GA | US 27 AT HARRIS DRIVE WASHED OUT UNDERNEATH FROM CULVERT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354
WGUS52 KFFC 301730
FFWFFC
GAC053-145-199-215-231-263-269-285-293-302330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0054.151230T1730Z-151230T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1230 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST WEDNESDAY
* AT 1226 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS A BROAD PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA
SINCE THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...THOMASTON...ZEBULON...HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...
GREENVILLE...CUSSETA...MANCHESTER...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...PINE
MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...WAVERLY HALL...WARM SPRINGS...
WOODLAND...MOLENA...YATESVILLE...WILLIAMSON AND MEANSVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
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 WARNING AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8494 3319 8486 3322 8451 3319 8450
3321 8440 3319 8425 3299 8427 3299 8412
3280 8412 3269 8420 3274 8429 3256 8441
3253 8464 3223 8466 3223 8491 3226 8489
3235 8500 3243 8496 3286 8519 3313 8524
$$3 follow-up statements
853
WGUS72 KFFC 302112
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
GAC053-145-199-215-231-263-269-285-293-302330-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0054.000000T0000Z-151230T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRIS GA-PIKE GA-TAYLOR GA-UPSON GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-TALBOT GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
412 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR HARRIS...PIKE...NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...UPSON...TROUP...
MERIWETHER...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALBOT AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...
AT 409 PM EST...PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING FLOODING FROM
HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...THOMASTON...ZEBULON...HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...GREENVILLE...
CUSSETA...MANCHESTER...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...
WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...WAVERLY HALL...WARM SPRINGS...WOODLAND...
MOLENA...YATESVILLE...WILLIAMSON AND MEANSVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 AND HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8494 3319 8486 3322 8451 3319 8450
3321 8440 3319 8425 3299 8427 3299 8412
3280 8412 3269 8420 3274 8429 3256 8441
3253 8464 3223 8466 3223 8491 3226 8489
3235 8500 3243 8496 3286 8519 3313 8524
$$747
WGUS52 KFFC 302313
FFWFFC
GAC053-145-199-215-231-263-269-285-293-310230-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FF.W.0054.000000T0000Z-151231T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EST
* AT 611 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
MOVING BACK ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY BEING REPORTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...THOMASTON...ZEBULON...HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...
GREENVILLE...CUSSETA...MANCHESTER...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...PINE
MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...WAVERLY HALL...WARM SPRINGS...
WOODLAND...MOLENA...YATESVILLE...WILLIAMSON AND MEANSVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
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.
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 3322 8494 3319 8486 3322 8451 3319 8450
3321 8440 3319 8425 3299 8427 3299 8412
3280 8412 3269 8420 3274 8429 3256 8441
3253 8464 3223 8466 3223 8491 3226 8489
3235 8500 3243 8496 3286 8519 3313 8524
$$721
WGUS72 KFFC 310224
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
GAC053-145-199-215-231-263-269-285-293-310234-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0054.000000T0000Z-151231T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRIS GA-PIKE GA-TAYLOR GA-UPSON GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-TALBOT GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
924 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HARRIS...PIKE...NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...
UPSON...TROUP...MERIWETHER...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALBOT AND MUSCOGEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3322 8494 3319 8486 3322 8451 3319 8450
3321 8440 3319 8425 3299 8427 3299 8412
3280 8412 3269 8420 3274 8429 3256 8441
3253 8464 3223 8466 3223 8491 3226 8489
3235 8500 3243 8496 3286 8519 3313 8524
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 7:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 15 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 49 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 6:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 7:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 51 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 19 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 11:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 11:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 12:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 10 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 34 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 3 more | 94 min |
| Dec 30, 12:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Jasper and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 22 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 32 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 26 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 8 days |
| Dec 30, 3:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 27 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.