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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Sep 1, 2016, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
841
WGUS52 KFFC 020019
FFWFFC
GAC015-057-129-227-020615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0013.160902T0019Z-160902T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT
* AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARTERSVILLE...CALHOUN...ADAIRSVILLE...EUHARLEE...WHITE...
WALESKA...KINGSTON...PLAINVILLE...CASSVILLE...FAIRMOUNT...
PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER...SALACOA VALLEY...TALMADGE...
LAKE ARROWHEAD...STILESBORO...HINTON...FOLSOM...
SONORAVILLE AND OOSTANAULA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3449 8459 3434 8445 3408 8495 3435 8502
3435 8501 3439 8501 3439 8502 3440 8503
3448 8505
$$1 follow-up statement
505
WGUS72 KFFC 020234
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1034 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
GAC015-057-129-227-020244-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160902T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GORDON GA-PICKENS GA-CHEROKEE GA-BARTOW GA-
1034 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GORDON...SOUTHWESTERN
PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND BARTOW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3449 8459 3434 8445 3408 8495 3435 8502
3435 8501 3439 8501 3439 8502 3440 8503
3448 8505
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 8:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Toombs and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 4 more | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.