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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2018, 5:04 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 1, 2018, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2018, 9:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
325
WGUS52 KFFC 012104
FFWFFC
GAC067-223-020300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0020.180601T2104Z-180602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
504 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East central Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 500 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated 2 to 3 inches of rain has
fallen in northwest Cobb and east central Paulding counties. River
levels on Alatoona Creek and Butler Creek are rising sharply and
are already coming out of their banks. Flash flooding is expected
to begin shortly.
This includes the following locations...Kennesaw...Due West... Cross
Roads and New Hope... including these streams and drainages...
Lawrence Creek... Little Pumpkinvine Creek...Powder Springs
Creek...Noonday Creek... Noses Creek...Mud Creek and the Etowah
River.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3405 8456 3395 8459 3392 8473 3392 8482
3395 8482 3402 8474
$$1 follow-up statement
946
WGUS72 KFFC 020154
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
954 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
GAC067-223-020203-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Paulding GA-Cobb GA-
954 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PAULDING AND NORTHWESTERN
COBB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3405 8456 3395 8459 3392 8473 3392 8482
3395 8482 3402 8474
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 60 min |
| May 31, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 31, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| May 31, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 39 min |
| May 31, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 23 min |
| May 31, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| May 31, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 34 min |
| May 31, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 45 min |
| May 31, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| May 31, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 31, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jasper, Jones | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 52 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 17 min |
| Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 49 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.