Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2017, 9:57 PM EDT for Schley 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 13, 2017, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Schley County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773
WGUS52 KFFC 140157
FFWFFC
GAC249-140800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0044.170814T0157Z-170814T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
957 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Schley County in west central Georgia...
* Until 400 AM EDT Monday
* At 957 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Ellaville, La Crosse, Murrays Crossroads and Walls Crossing.
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 3218 8441 3238 8438 3236 8426 3234 8425
3230 8426 3230 8424 3217 8420
$$1 follow-up statement
617
WGUS72 KFFC 140456
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1256 AM EDT MON AUG 14 2017
GAC249-140506-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-170814T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Schley GA-
1256 AM EDT MON AUG 14 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCHLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3218 8441 3238 8438 3236 8426 3234 8425
3230 8426 3230 8424 3217 8420
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 22 min |
| Aug 13, 10:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Heard | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 51 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.