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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 11, 20174 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Sep 11, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 902 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
902 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1081 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WGUS52 KFFC 111746
FFWFFC
GAC107-163-167-283-112345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0047.170911T1746Z-170911T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
146 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Emanuel County in east central Georgia...
  Treutlen County in east central Georgia...
  Eastern Johnson County in east central Georgia...
  South central Jefferson County in east central Georgia...

* Until 745 PM EDT Monday

* At 144 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 3.5 inches have occurred 
  over the last few hours. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Swainsboro, Soperton, Wadley, Twin City, Adrian, Stillmore, Oak
  Park, Midville, Garfield, Summertown, Nunez, Kite, Lothair, Covena,
  Modoc, Canoochee, Norristown, Dellwood, Zaidee and George L Smith
  State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

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 3254 8203 3256 8208 3252 8215 3235 8225
      3232 8224 3229 8235 3235 8241 3233 8255
      3237 8272 3245 8269 3249 8264 3257 8267
      3280 8261 3282 8252 3286 8252 3285 8231
      3284 8232 3281 8214 3266 8208 3260 8200

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel31 min
Sep 11, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley36 min
Sep 11, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Sep 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens23 min
Sep 11, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson27 min
Sep 11, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson25 min
Sep 11, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb25 min
Sep 11, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones29 min
Sep 11, 7:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton58 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.