Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Apr 19, 2015, 8:01 AM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2015, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 5:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WGUS62 KFFC 191201 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 801 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-200600- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0002.150419T1201Z-150420T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 801 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. WHEN COMBINED WITH RECENTLY SATURATED GROUNDS...FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY FOR ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE RIVER FLOODING...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. * FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING OF SEVERAL FLOOD PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
721 WGUS62 KFFC 191923 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 323 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>035-041>048-052>059-066>072- 078>082-089>094-102>104-192030- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150420T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS 323 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS ENDED. $$ GAZ024-025-027-036>039-049>051-060>062-073>076-083>086-095>098- 105>113-200330- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150420T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...SWAINSBORO... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA 323 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...BALDWIN... BLECKLEY...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...HOUSTON...LAURENS... MONTGOMERY...PULASKI...PUTNAM...TELFAIR...TWIGGS...WHEELER... WILCOX AND WILKINSON. IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EMANUEL... GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON... TALIAFERRO...TREUTLEN...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND WILKES. IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MORGAN. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BANKS... CLARKE...JACKSON...MADISON...OCONEE AND OGLETHORPE. IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...TOOMBS. * UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY * ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. WHEN COMBINED WITH RECENTLY SATURATED GROUNDS...FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY FOR ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE RIVER FLOODING...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. * FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING OF SEVERAL FLOOD PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
336 WGUS62 KFFC 192154 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 554 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 GAZ024-025-027-036>039-049>051-060>062-073>076-083>086-095>098- 105>113-192300- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150420T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...SWAINSBORO... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA 554 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THROUGH TONIGHT AS RUNOFF CONTINUES TO DRAIN INTO RIVER AND CREEK BASINS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA ALONG A RIVER OR CREEK...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 8:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 25 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more | 41 min |
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.