Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 6, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2016, 10:08 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

None

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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165 
WGUS62 KFFC 061800
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-072>076-082>086-095>098-105>113-
071000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0004.160606T1800Z-160607T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-
JEFFERSON-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-
LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA
200 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA 
  AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL ...
  GEORGIA...BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY... 
  HOUSTON...JASPER...JONES...LAURENS...MONTGOMERY...PULASKI... 
  PUTNAM...TELFAIR...TWIGGS...WHEELER...WILCOX AND WILKINSON. IN 
  EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK...
   JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...TALIAFERRO...TREUTLEN...WARREN... 
  WASHINGTON AND WILKES. IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MORGAN. IN 
  NORTHEAST GEORGIA...CLARKE...MADISON...OCONEE AND OGLETHORPE. 
  IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...TOOMBS. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* INCREASED MOISTURE SURGING NORTHWARD ALONG WITH A STALLED OUT
  FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
  AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL
  SETUO THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD ALLOWING SOME
  LOCATIONS TO SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS. NOT ALL AREAS WILL RECEIVE THIS HEAVY RAINFALL BUT
  WHERE THE BANDS DO SETUP...LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE SUSTAINED
  HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR LEADING TO FLASH
  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.

&&

$$

765 
WGUS62 KFFC 070208
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1008 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016


GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-072>076-082>086-095>098-105>113-
070315-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160607T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-
JEFFERSON-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-
LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1008 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH COLIN SHOULD STAY EAST OF THE
AREA. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BUT
SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS. 




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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.