Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2015, 4:20 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether 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
- May 28, 2015, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455
WGUS52 KFFC 282020
FFWFFC
GAC077-199-290215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.150528T2020Z-150529T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 418 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN AND AROUND THE BEAR CREEK BASIN. FLASH FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...TURIN...LONE OAK...
WOOSTER...SAINT MARKS AND ROCKY MOUNT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3332 8493 3333 8463 3310 8460 3310 8486
3322 8486 3324 8493
$$
392 follow-up statements
432
WGUS72 KFFC 282153
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAC077-199-290215-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150529T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COWETA GA-MERIWETHER GA-
553 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COWETA AND NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL
FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SO FAR... BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... AND THIS WILL
BE SLOW TO DRAIN. THEREFORE... THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AREA CREEKS... STREAMS AND LOW LYING FLOOD
PRONE AREAS ARE ALLOWED TO DRAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE... AREAS
AROUND BEAR CREEK BASIN TO INCLUDE LUTHERSVILLE... MORELAND...
GRANTVILLE AND LONE OAK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 8493 3333 8463 3310 8460 3310 8486
3322 8486 3324 8493
$$020
WGUS72 KFFC 282247
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
647 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAC077-199-282257-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150529T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COWETA GA-MERIWETHER GA-
647 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWETA AND NORTHWESTERN
MERIWETHER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. THEREFORE
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER... PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES IN YOUR
AREA.
LAT...LON 3332 8493 3333 8463 3310 8460 3310 8486
3322 8486 3324 8493
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| May 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| May 27, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| May 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| May 27, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 29 min |
| May 28, 1:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 25 min |
| May 28, 1:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 27 min |
| May 28, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 32 min |
| May 28, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 50 min |
| May 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| May 28, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 65 min |
| May 28, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 57 min |
| May 28, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 28 min |
| May 28, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 53 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 59 min |
| May 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 54 min |
| May 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 63 min |
| May 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 55 min |
| May 28, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 19 min |
| May 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 33 min |
| May 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 41 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 61 min |
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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.