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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2019Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2019, 10:47 AM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 20, 2019, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2019-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2019-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

334 
WGUS52 KFFC 201447
FFWFFC
GAC083-295-202045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0025.190720T1447Z-190720T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1047 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
  Dade County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 1047 AM 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...
  Lafayette, Trenton, Chickamauga, Rising Fawn, Linwood, Noble, New
  England, Morganville, Cloudland Canyon State Park and Cooper
  Heights.

LAT...LON 3486 8526 3460 8523 3463 8554 3476 8557
      3497 8549

$$
1 follow-up statement
286 
WGUS72 KFFC 202052
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
452 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

GAC083-295-202102-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-190720T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Walker GA-Dade GA-
452 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3486 8526 3460 8523 3463 8554 3476 8557
      3497 8549

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens29 min
Jul 19, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox83 min
Jul 20, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk42 min
Jul 20, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow39 min
Jul 20, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk46 min
Jul 20, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk46 min
Jul 20, 9:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker50 min
Jul 20, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker31 min
Jul 20, 10:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd48 min
Jul 20, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray41 min
Jul 20, 12:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk119 min
Jul 20, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray26 min
Jul 20, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart, Webster31 min
Jul 20, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion28 min
Jul 20, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion23 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion25 min
Jul 20, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot32 min
Jul 20, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall24 min
Jul 20, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk31 min
Jul 20, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk28 min
Jul 20, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas36 min
Jul 20, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
Jul 20, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin33 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.