Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2018, 4:37 PM EDT for Floyd 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 2, 2018, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
149
WGUS52 KFFC 022037
FFWFFC
GAC115-030230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0034.180802T2037Z-180803T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
437 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 1030 PM EDT.
* At 434 PM EDT, emergency management reported continued high water
across portions of Cave Spring and surrounding areas. Up to two
inches of rain have already fallen. Although no imminent
additional heavy rain is expected, flash flooding is already
occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cave Spring.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3420 8530 3418 8526 3413 8524 3410 8526
3408 8526 3408 8537 3418 8541
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 9:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 60 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jenkins | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 6 hr |
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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.