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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2019, 9:20 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 5, 2019, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 2:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Midtown, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF STREET FLOODING UNDER OVERPASS OF MARIETTA ST. NW OVER NORTH AVE. NW. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
849
WGUS52 KFFC 060120
FFWFFC
GAC121-060715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0028.190806T0120Z-190806T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
920 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 315 AM EDT.
* At 919 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Atlanta, East Point, Hapeville, Grant Park-Zoo Atlanta, Midtown,
West End, Sweet Auburn, Turner Field, Piedmont Park, Bankhead,
Cascade Heights, Lakewood Park, Bolton and Atlantic Station.
LAT...LON 3378 8453 3383 8447 3383 8446 3384 8445
3387 8441 3375 8435 3368 8435 3366 8442
$$1 follow-up statement
832
WGUS72 KFFC 060613
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
213 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019
GAC121-060623-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-190806T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fulton GA-
213 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3378 8453 3383 8447 3383 8446 3384 8445
3387 8441 3375 8435 3368 8435 3366 8442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.