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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2019, 9:57 PM EDT for Banks County, Jackson County, Madison 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
- Aug 1, 2019, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
736
WGUS52 KFFC 020157
FFWFFC
GAC011-157-195-020800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0026.190802T0157Z-190802T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
957 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Banks County in northeastern Georgia...
Northeastern Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
Madison County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 400 AM EDT Friday.
* At 956 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Three to four inches of rain have fallen.
Localized flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Commerce, Homer, Danielsville, Maysville, Nicholson, Comer,
Colbert, Ila, Pocataligo, Diamond Hill, Neese and Banks Crossing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 8339 3426 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330
3424 8324 3425 8320 3424 8317 3419 8312
3405 8313 3403 8317 3407 8348 3433 8355
3434 8339
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Webster | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 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.