Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2017, 7:37 PM EDT for Gordon County, Murray 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 4, 2017, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2017, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Ramhurst, GA | ROCK CREED DRIVE WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
461
WGUS52 KFFC 042337
FFWFFC
GAC129-213-050530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0019.170604T2337Z-170605T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
737 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 130 AM EDT
* At 735 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Two to three inches of rain
have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chatsworth, Carters, Fort Mountain State Park, Ramhurst,
Nickelsville and North Georgia Speedway. Creeks and rivers that
may see flash flooding include Rock Creek, Holly Creek and Sugar
Creek.
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 3459 8466 3457 8489 3466 8490 3467 8489
3471 8489 3471 8487 3472 8486 3473 8487
3474 8485 3477 8488 3479 8486 3481 8466
$$1 follow-up statement
514
WGUS72 KFFC 050126
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
926 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2017
GAC129-213-050530-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170605T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Murray GA-Gordon GA-
926 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN MURRAY AND NORTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTIES...
At 923 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated an additional area of showers
and thunderstorms moving over northern Gordon and southern Murray
counties. Three to four inches of rain has already fallen across
the area and an additional one to two inches of rain is possible.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chatsworth, Carters, Fort Mountain State Park, Ramhurst, Nickelsville
and North Georgia Speedway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
If you see significant flooding call the National Weather Service
toll free at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 8466 3457 8489 3466 8490 3467 8489
3471 8489 3471 8487 3472 8486 3473 8487
3474 8485 3477 8488 3479 8486 3481 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Monroe, Wilkinson | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 38 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.