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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2018, 4:27 AM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen 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
- Sep 18, 2018, 4:27 AM EDT (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2018, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
881
WGUS52 KFFC 180827
FFWFFC
GAC107-283-181430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0041.180918T0827Z-180918T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
427 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South central Emanuel County in east central Georgia...
Southern Treutlen County in east central Georgia...
* Until 1030 AM EDT Tuesday.
* At 426 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Two to four inches of rain have
already fallen and an additional one to two inches is possible.
Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Soperton, Stillmore, Oak Park, Tarrytown, Lothair, Barnhill and
Zaidee.
LAT...LON 3235 8225 3235 8224 3232 8223 3229 8228
3229 8235 3232 8236 3235 8241 3231 8264
3229 8267 3230 8271 3233 8275 3238 8272
3244 8223 3241 8220
$$1 follow-up statement
177
WGUS72 KFFC 181315
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
915 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2018
GAC107-283-181324-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-180918T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-
915 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL AND SOUTHERN
TREUTLEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
Flood waters have receded and additional heavy rain is not expected.
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.
LAT...LON 3235 8225 3235 8224 3232 8223 3229 8228
3229 8235 3232 8236 3235 8241 3231 8264
3229 8267 3230 8271 3233 8275 3238 8272
3244 8223 3241 8220
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 3:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 40 min |
| Sep 18, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 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.