Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2018, 2:13 PM EDT for Polk 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
- Jul 31, 2018, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2018, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Cedartown, GA | MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED ACROSS CEDARTOWN, WITH YARDS WASHED OUT AND AT LEAST TWO CARS SUBMERGED UP TO THEIR DOORHANDLES IN FLOOD WATERS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
475
WGUS52 KFFC 311813
FFWFFC
GAC233-010015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0030.180731T1813Z-180801T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
213 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 815 PM EDT Tuesday.
* At 213 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen with additional heavy rainfall continuing. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon, Fish Creek, Etna, Esom Hill, Antioch
and Van Wert.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8526 3410 8526 3410 8516 3408 8515
3408 8512 3410 8512 3410 8505 3408 8505
3408 8492 3396 8498 3395 8505 3392 8505
3393 8539 3408 8542
$$1 follow-up statement
734
WGUS72 KFFC 312220
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018
GAC233-010015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-180801T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Polk GA-
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
POLK COUNTY...
At 616 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms have produced heavy rain in the warned area over the
past several hours. Over four inches of rain have fallen in some
areas this afternoon with additional light to moderate rainfall
continuing. The flash flooding threat will continue into this
evening.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon, Fish Creek, Etna, Esom Hill, Antioch and
Van Wert.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8526 3410 8526 3410 8516 3408 8515
3408 8512 3410 8512 3410 8505 3408 8505
3408 8492 3396 8498 3395 8505 3392 8505
3393 8539 3408 8542
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 56 more | 3 days |
| Jul 31, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Troup | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Newton, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Johnson, Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 5:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Morgan, Oconee | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 6:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 72 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.