Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2017, 8:29 PM EDT for Troup 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
- Aug 10, 2017, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2017, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
869 WGUS52 KFFC 110029 FFWFFC GAC285-110630- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0042.170811T0029Z-170811T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 829 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2017 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Troup County in west central Georgia... * Until 230 AM EDT Friday * At 828 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Lagrange, Hogansville, Mountville, Hillcrest, Big Springs, Wares Crossroads and Louise. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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 3300 8518 3315 8517 3316 8487 3296 8489 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 25 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 24 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 6 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.