Alert archive / Georgia / Flood Watches in 2015
Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Nov 8, 2015, 12:00 PM EST for 74 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 8, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2015, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2015, 10:14 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 74 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett 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, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike 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, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245 WGUS62 KFFC 081700 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-090100- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0002.151108T2100Z-151109T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-MADISON-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...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 1200 PM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * PERSISTENT RAIN HAS ALREADY LED TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS SINCE FRIDAY. AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH WILL REACT TO RAINFALL MORE QUICKLY THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. STORM DRAINS IMPEDED BY FALLEN LEAVES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OVERNIGHT COULD ALSO LEAD TO ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
3 follow-up statements
634 WGUS62 KFFC 090037 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 737 PM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-091000- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151109T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-MADISON-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...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 737 PM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...SOUTH OF CARTERSVILLE TO GAINESVILLE. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * PERSISTENT RAIN HAS ALREADY LED TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 PLUS INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS SINCE FRIDAY. AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH WILL REACT TO RAINFALL MORE QUICKLY THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. STORM DRAINS IMPEDED BY FALLEN LEAVES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. HIGHER RAINFALL RATES OVERNIGHT COULD ALSO LEAD TO ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
025 WGUS62 KFFC 090849 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-092100- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151109T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-MADISON-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...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 349 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF CARTERSVILLE TO GAINESVILLE LINE. * THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON * PERSISTENT RAIN HAS ALREADY LED TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 4 PLUS INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS SINCE FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF AND NORTH FLORIDA TODAY COULD SPREAD ANOTHER INCH OR MORE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. * THESE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ALREADY VERY SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN AMPLE RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE NEAR BANKFULL... AND A FEW ALREADY ABOVE BANKFULL. AS A RESULT... MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE CREEKS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE TODAY. STORM DRAINS IMPEDED BY FALLEN LEAVES MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOOD PROBLEMS. THE RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO GREATLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD GREATLY LESSON THE FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
583 WGUS62 KFFC 091514 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1014 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 GAZ025-027-031>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-091615- /O.CAN.KFFC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151109T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-MADISON-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE- OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART- WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1014 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND NOT LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOOD CONCERNS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TWO RIVERS CONTINUE IN FLOOD AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO SITES WILL APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BUT THIS IS FROM THE MODERATE RAINS OF LAST EVENING. IT WAS THE I85 CORRIDOR ONCE AGAIN WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WITH OVER AN INCH IN ACCUMULATION LAST NIGHT AND TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 IN THE LAST WEEK. $$
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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.