Alert archive / Georgia / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jan 21, 2016, 2:57 PM EST for 38 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 2:57 PM EST (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 7:34 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 38 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486 WGUS62 KFFC 211957 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 257 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>045-047-220400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0001.160122T0800Z-160123T1200Z/ /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-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR 257 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WILKES...BARROW...CHEROKEE...COBB... DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FORSYTH...GILMER... GWINNETT...HALL...LUMPKIN...NORTH FULTON...PICKENS...SOUTH FULTON...UNION...WALTON...BANKS...CLARKE...JACKSON... MADISON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...TOWNS...WHITE...BARTOW... CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...FLOYD...GORDON... HARALSON...MURRAY...PAULDING...POLK...WALKER AND WHITFIELD. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SOILS REMAIN EXCESSIVELY WET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD RAIN ...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA. THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLD AIR BEGINS TO DOMINATE THE REGION. * FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL. ALSO...TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ 16
4 follow-up statements
617 WGUS62 KFFC 220235 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 935 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>045-047-221045- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0001.160122T0800Z-160123T1200Z/ /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-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR 935 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN EAST ...CENTRAL GEORGIA...WILKES. IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...BARROW...CHEROKEE...COBB...DAWSON...DEKALB... DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FORSYTH...GILMER...GWINNETT...HALL... LUMPKIN...NORTH FULTON...PICKENS...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. * FROM 3 AM EST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SOILS REMAIN EXCESSIVELY WET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD RAIN OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA. THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLD AIR BEGINS TO DOMINATE THE REGION. * FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL. ALSO...TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
784 WGUS62 KFFC 220811 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 311 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>045-047-221615- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ /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-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR 311 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS...TO WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SOILS REMAIN EXCESSIVELY WET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD RAIN OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATCH AREA INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL. ALSO...TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
210 WGUS62 KFFC 221510 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>045-047-222315- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ /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-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO ATLANTA...TO ATHENS...TO WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SOILS REMAIN EXCESSIVELY WET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ABOVE NORMAL. WIDESPREAD RAIN OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATCH AREA INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME LINGERING RUNOFF ISSUES ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL. ALSO...TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
695 WGUS62 KFFC 230034 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 734 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>045-047-230145- /O.CAN.KFFC.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1200Z/ /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-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR 734 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN HAS BEGUN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:17 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | Banks, Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 12 more | 57 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee and 32 more | 46 hr |
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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.