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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2019Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2019, 12:20 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton 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: Jun 9, 2019, 12:20 PM EDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2019, 5:38 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

750 
WGUS52 KFFC 091620
FFWFFC
GAC159-211-217-092215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0016.190609T1620Z-190609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1220 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Morgan County in north central Georgia...
  Northern Jasper County in central Georgia...
  Southeastern Newton County in north central Georgia...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 1220 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Madison, Rutledge, Newborn, Mansfield, Buckhead, Farrar, Eudora,
  Parks Mill, Swords, Godfrey and Hard Labor Creek State Park.

LAT...LON 3346 8341 3344 8352 3343 8353 3337 8384
      3366 8363 3364 8337 3361 8335 3360 8335
      3360 8334 3356 8331 3355 8330 3348 8328

$$

1 follow-up statement

455 
WGUS72 KFFC 092138
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
538 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

GAC159-211-217-092146-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-190609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morgan GA-Jasper GA-Newton GA-
538 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN...NORTHERN JASPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended and flood waters will have begun to recede. 
Creeks and streams are likely to still be running high for the next 
several hours. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3346 8341 3344 8352 3343 8353 3337 8384
      3366 8363 3364 8337 3361 8335 3360 8335
      3360 8334 3356 8331 3355 8330 3348 8328

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	27 hr
Jun 8, 8:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	6 hr
Jun 9, 12:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	25 hr
Jun 9, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	66 min
Jun 9, 7:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	41 min
Jun 9, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Spalding	44 min
Jun 9, 9:38 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Newton	10 hr
Jun 9, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	30 min
Jun 9, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Newton	30 min
Jun 9, 11:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	37 hr
Jun 9, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	31 min
Jun 9, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 9, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Toombs	31 min
Jun 9, 1:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	48 hr
Jun 9, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson	45 min
Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Taylor	40 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	30 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	65 min
Jun 9, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	64 min
Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 9, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee	42 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.