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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2017, 12:26 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 reports 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 5, 2017, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 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 5, 1:10 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 W East Trion, GA | 1 FOOT DEEP WATER WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 1ST STREET AND THOMAS ROAD. |
| Jun 5, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Lyerly, GA | STARLING MILL ROAD NEAR LYERLY DAM ROAD HAD MINOR STREET FLOODING AND MULTIPLE DRIVEWAYS WERE WASHED OUT. |
| Jun 5, 1:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Floyd Springs, GA | PORTIONS OF DRY CREEK ROAD NEAR LITTLE SAND MOUNTAIN ROAD AND HAYWOOD VALLEY ROAD WERE FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ROAD WAS LITTERED WITH TREE LIMBS... BRANCHES... AND OTHER DEBRIS. ALSO... A NEARBY CAMPGROUND WAS REPORTED FLOODED WITH DEEP WAT |
| Jun 5, 1:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Floyd Springs, GA | PORTIONS OF DRY CREEK ROAD NEAR LITTLE SAND MOUNTAIN ROAD AND HAYWOOD VALLEY ROAD WERE FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ROAD WAS LITTERED WITH TREE LIMBS... BRANCHES... AND OTHER DEBRIS. ALSO... A NEARBY CAMPGROUND WAS REPORTED FLOODED WITH DEEP WAT |
| Jun 5, 1:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Everett Springs, GA | PORTIONS OF DRY CREEK ROAD WERE FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ROAD WAS LITTERED WITH TREE LIMBS... BRANCHES... AND OTHER DEBRIS. ALSO... A NEARBY CAMPGROUND WAS REPORTED FLOODED WITH DEEP WATER. |
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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
919
WGUS52 KFFC 050426
FFWFFC
GAC055-115-129-050830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0021.170605T0426Z-170605T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1226 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 430 AM EDT
* At 1225 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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.
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LAT...LON 3458 8536 3459 8535 3459 8506 3462 8506
3461 8505 3462 8493 3463 8491 3462 8491
3461 8486 3461 8475 3462 8474 3462 8472
3461 8472 3461 8473 3460 8473 3458 8467
3444 8468 3437 8538 3459 8539
$$1 follow-up statement
419
WGUS72 KFFC 050830
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017
GAC055-115-129-050839-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170605T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Floyd GA-Gordon GA-Chattooga GA-
430 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...GORDON AND
NORTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM EDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3458 8536 3459 8535 3459 8506 3462 8506
3461 8505 3462 8493 3463 8491 3462 8491
3461 8486 3461 8475 3462 8474 3462 8472
3461 8472 3461 8473 3460 8473 3458 8467
3444 8468 3437 8538 3459 8539
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 1:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 14 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 28 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 52 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 35 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.