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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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 6, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 12:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shady Dale, GA | MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 83 IN SHADY DALE. SHERRIFF DEPUTIES REPORTED THE ROAD PASSABLE AND WAS NOT CLOSED AT ANY TIME. |
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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
371
WGUS52 KFFC 061600
FFWFFC
GAC159-211-237-062200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0003.160606T1600Z-160606T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY
* AT 1159 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN WITH ANOTHER POSSIBLE ONE TO TWO INCHES. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHADY DALE...GODFREY AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
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 3351 8343 3341 8341 3336 8349 3334 8357
3336 8368 3343 8368
$$2 follow-up statements
688
WGUS72 KFFC 061857
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
GAC159-211-237-062200-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160606T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN GA-PUTNAM GA-JASPER GA-
257 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES...
AS OF 256 PM EDT...RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER
RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES IN CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS ANS STREAMS
REMAINS LIKELY.
MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SHADY DALE AROUND NOON BY JASPER COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPUTIES BUT ROADWAYS REMAINED PASSABLE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHADY DALE...GODFREY AND THE CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 8343 3341 8341 3336 8349 3334 8357
3336 8368 3343 8368
$$654
WGUS72 KFFC 062150
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
GAC159-211-237-062159-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160606T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN GA-PUTNAM GA-JASPER GA-
550 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER 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 3351 8343 3341 8341 3336 8349 3334 8357
3336 8368 3343 8368
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Clarke, Crisp, Dodge and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 50 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.