Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 23, 2016, 3:21 AM EST for 61 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2016, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 10:25 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 61 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580 WGUS62 KFFC 230821 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 321 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... A MOIST AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND ENHANCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AS THE ASSOCIATED FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE. THE HIGH EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS...WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD RISK HIGH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079- 089-231630- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0002.160223T2300Z-160224T2300Z/ /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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE- 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...COLUMBUS 321 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 6 PM TODAY THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS TO ALLOW LARGE AMOUNTS OF RUN OFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS... CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME QUICKLY CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING AND ROAD PONDING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
829 WGUS62 KFFC 231921 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 221 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... A MOIST AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND ENHANCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AS THE ASSOCIATED FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE. THE HIGH EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS...WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD RISK HIGH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079- 089-241000- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0002.160223T2300Z-160224T2300Z/ /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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE- 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...COLUMBUS 221 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL ... GEORGIA...BUTTS...JASPER...MONROE AND PUTNAM. IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...GREENE...TALIAFERRO AND WILKES. IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...BARROW...CHEROKEE...CLAYTON...COBB...DAWSON... DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FORSYTH...GILMER... GWINNETT...HALL...HENRY...LUMPKIN...MORGAN...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...PICKENS...ROCKDALE...SOUTH FULTON...UNION AND WALTON. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BANKS...CLARKE...JACKSON...MADISON... OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...TOWNS AND WHITE. IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...FLOYD... GORDON...HARALSON...MURRAY...PAULDING...POLK...WALKER AND WHITFIELD. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...COWETA...HARRIS...HEARD... LAMAR...MERIWETHER...MUSCOGEE...PIKE...SPALDING...TALBOT... TROUP AND UPSON. * FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS TO ALLOW LARGE AMOUNTS OF RUN OFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS... CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME QUICKLY CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING AND ROAD PONDING. 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. && $$
704 WGUS62 KFFC 240826 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 326 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... A MOIST AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND DRAGS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS HAS RESULTED IN FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079- 089-242300- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/ /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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE- 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...COLUMBUS 326 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE EARLY TUESDAY AND ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE TODAY. * THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SATURATED GROUNDS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS... CREEKS AND RIVERS... AND CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD... AND ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG THE TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE STREAMS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY WHERE STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS AND CAUSE STREET FLOODING. 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. && $$
176 WGUS62 KFFC 241525 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1025 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079- 089-241630- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...COLUMBUS 1025 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 12:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 66 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 3 days |
| Feb 23, 1:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 64 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 65 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 65 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
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.