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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 9, 2019Bartow County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 9, 2019, 12:49 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, 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
Apr 9, 2019, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 1:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ene Cedartown, GAPOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTED VIDEO FOOTAGE TO SOCIAL MEDIA OF FLASH FLOODING OVER A ROADWAY AT THE ENTRANCE TO CEDARTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. WATER ALSO INUNDATED SOME BALL FIELDS ON THE CAMPUS.

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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 473 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
473 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

814 
WGUS52 KFFC 091649
FFWFFC
GAC015-115-233-092245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0001.190409T1649Z-190409T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1249 PM EDT TUE APR 9 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
  Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
  Southwestern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 1246 PM 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 to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Cedartown, Rockmart, Euharlee, Aragon, Cave Spring, Taylorsville,
  Fish Creek, Etna, Esom Hill, Antioch, Van Wert, Seney and
  Stilesboro.

Additional rainfall amounts up to two inches are possible in the 
warned area.

This includes the following streams and drainages...Lake Creek... 
Little Cedar Creek...Euharlee Creek...Cedar Creek...Fish Creek... 
Pumpkin Pile Creek...Spring Creek and Jones Branch.

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 3414 8490 3395 8498 3395 8505 3394 8505
      3391 8539 3411 8543

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 6:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield16 hr
Apr 9, 9:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Newton36 min
Apr 9, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Monroe, Newton30 min
Apr 9, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton30 min
Apr 9, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton25 min
Apr 9, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson, Walton39 min
Apr 9, 11:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson38 min
Apr 9, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk43 min
Apr 9, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks49 min
Apr 9, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson26 min
Apr 9, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk52 min
Apr 9, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow49 min
Apr 9, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall49 min
Apr 9, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee38 min
Apr 9, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin, White47 min
Apr 9, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Pickens51 min
Apr 9, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler47 min
Apr 9, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin30 min
Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson41 min
Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin6 hr
Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin39 min
Apr 9, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas36 min
Apr 9, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion31 min
Apr 9, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta23 min
Apr 9, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs45 min
Apr 9, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens24 min
Apr 9, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar38 min
Apr 9, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin51 min
Apr 9, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin35 min
Apr 9, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette30 min
Apr 9, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe39 min
Apr 9, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens23 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach42 min
Apr 9, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens39 min
Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens29 min
Apr 9, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk26 min
Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs41 min
Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas31 min
Apr 9, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski25 min
Apr 9, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll37 min
Apr 9, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley47 min
Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen47 min
Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs34 min
Apr 9, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb24 min
Apr 9, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson46 min
Apr 9, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge43 min
Apr 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox49 min
Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Apr 9, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton27 min
Apr 9, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge24 min
Apr 9, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson38 min
Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens27 min
Apr 9, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen34 min
Apr 9, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee25 min
Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen35 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.