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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 25, 2017Montgomery County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2017, 6:56 PM EDT for Montgomery 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
Aug 25, 2017, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2017, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Montgomery County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 8:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Sse Kibbee, GAROAD WASHED OUT ON OLD KIBBEE RD S.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

987 
WGUS52 KFFC 252256
FFWFFC
GAC209-260500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0046.170825T2256Z-170826T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
656 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Montgomery County in central Georgia...

* Until 100 AM EDT Saturday

* At 655 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...
  Mount Vernon, Uvalda, Ailey, Higgston and Alston. 

Additional rainfall amounts of an inch are possible in the warned 
area.

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 3205 8260 3228 8260 3228 8243 3204 8247

$$
1 follow-up statement
763 
WGUS72 KFFC 260207
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1007 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017

GAC209-260217-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170826T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Montgomery GA-
1007 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. 

LAT...LON 3205 8260 3228 8260 3228 8243 3204 8247

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler40 min
Aug 25, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler49 min
Aug 25, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs41 min
Aug 25, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair53 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.