Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2015, 5:46 PM EDT for Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2015, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2015, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chatsworth, GA | RADAR ESTIMATED 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 60-90 MINUTES ACROSS CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS WITH HIGH WATER 6-8 INCHES DEEP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WGUS52 KFFC 022146
FFWFFC
GAC213-030045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.150602T2146Z-150603T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
546 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...NEAR SPRING PLACE...JUST WEST OF
CHATSWORTH. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IF NOT
ALREADY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DALTON...CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK...CONASAUGA LAKE AND NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY.
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 3478 8463 3473 8466 3465 8465 3466 8488
3471 8488 3471 8487 3473 8487 3474 8485
3479 8487 3480 8484 3481 8486 3486 8484
3487 8482 3488 8482 3488 8462
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
309
WGUS72 KFFC 022251
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
GAC213-030045-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150603T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MURRAY GA-
651 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY...
AT 647 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS CENTRAL MURRAY
COUNTY. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER AND RUNOFF FROM NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
JUST AFTER 6 PM...MURRAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HIGH
WATER AROUND THE CHATSWORTH COMMUNITY...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 76 AND COCHRAN ROAD. ADDITIONAL ROADS THAT WERE FLOODED
INCLUDED TREADWELL ROAD AND LEONARD BRIDGE ROAD. DEPTH OF WATER WAS
UNKNOWN...AND FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DALTON...CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK...CONASAUGA LAKE AND NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8463 3473 8466 3465 8465 3466 8488
3471 8488 3471 8487 3473 8487 3474 8485
3479 8487 3480 8484 3481 8486 3486 8484
3487 8482 3488 8482 3488 8462
$$
DJN020
WGUS72 KFFC 022354
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
GAC213-030003-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150603T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MURRAY GA-
754 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3478 8463 3473 8466 3465 8465 3466 8488
3471 8488 3471 8487 3473 8487 3474 8485
3479 8487 3480 8484 3481 8486 3486 8484
3487 8482 3488 8482 3488 8462
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 1:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.