Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2016, 6:58 PM EDT for Fulton County, 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
292
WGUS52 KFFC 192258
FFWFFC
GAC121-200500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.160719T2258Z-160720T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
658 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 657 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATLANTA...EAST POINT...UNION CITY AND FAIRBURN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T 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 REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3366 8466 3367 8465 3369 8465 3368 8464
3369 8463 3370 8463 3371 8461 3369 8450
3356 8455 3357 8471
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Talbot, Upson | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.