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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2018, 12:04 AM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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
- May 19, 2018, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Adairsville, GA | ROADWAY FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 140 AND TWIN BRIDGES RD. WATER RESCUE WAS NEEDED FOR A TRAPPED VEHICLE. |
| May 19, 3:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Adairsville, GA | MULTIPLE LANE CLOSURES ALONG HWY 140 DUE TO A MUDSLIDE FROM A FLOODED CONSTRUCTION ZONE BETWEEN TWIN BRIDGES RD. AND OAK GROVE RD. SEVERAL AREAS ALONG HWY 140 WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ON THE ROADWAYS BUT HAVE SINCE BEEN RE-OPENED. |
| May 19, 3:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Adairsville, GA | ROADWAY FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 140 AND OAK GROVE RD. MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED INSIDE OF A VEHICLE AND WATER RESCUE WAS NEEDED. |
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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
950
WGUS52 KFFC 190404
FFWFFC
GAC015-115-129-191000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.180519T0404Z-180519T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1204 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 600 AM EDT.
* At 1203 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Rome, Calhoun, Adairsville, Resaca, Plainville, Shannon,
Sonoraville, Pinson, Lindale, Redbud, Audubon, Oakman and
Nickelsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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 3462 8490 3459 8468 3458 8468 3410 8507
3413 8524
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Polk | 30 min |
| May 18, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Polk | 30 min |
| May 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| May 18, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| May 19, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 30 hr |
| May 19, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 11 hr |
| May 19, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.