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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2017, 6:58 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2017, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2017, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
111
WGUS52 KFFC 142258
FFWFFC
GAC123-213-313-150500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0032.170714T2258Z-170715T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
658 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 100 AM EDT Saturday
* At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Two to three inches of rain have already fallen, with
locally higher amounts. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dalton, Chatsworth, Eton, Carters, Tails Creek, Ramhurst,
Mountaintown, Fort Mountain State Park and North Georgia Speedway.
Additional rainfall amounts up to an inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
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 3485 8452 3461 8459 3460 8471 3460 8473
3461 8473 3461 8472 3462 8472 3462 8474
3461 8475 3461 8486 3462 8486 3462 8491
3463 8491 3463 8493 3462 8493 3462 8495
3481 8490
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Pickens | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hall | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall, White | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.