Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT for Toombs 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 12, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2019, 10:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
974
WGUS52 KFFC 122130
FFWFFC
GAC279-130330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0020.190612T2130Z-190613T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
530 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Toombs County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 1130 PM EDT Wednesday.
* At 529 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. One and a half to two inches of
rain has already fallen with some spots over two and a half
inches. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
South Thompson, English Eddy, Toombs Central, New Branch, Rock
Springs, Cedar Crossing, Johnson Corner, McNatt Falls and Grays
Landing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8223 3191 8225 3193 8226 3194 8228
3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238
3196 8238 3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240
3197 8243 3197 8248 3209 8246 3215 8219
3191 8223
$$1 follow-up statement
594
WGUS72 KFFC 130212
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1012 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019
GAC279-130221-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-190613T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Toombs GA-
1012 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3192 8223 3191 8225 3193 8226 3194 8228
3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238
3196 8238 3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240
3197 8243 3197 8248 3209 8246 3215 8219
3191 8223
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 10:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 3:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 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.