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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2019, 5:01 PM EDT for Dawson County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 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 23, 2019, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2019, 6:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dawson County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383
WGUS52 KFFC 232101
FFWFFC
GAC085-227-240300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0030.190823T2101Z-190824T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Dawson County in north central Georgia...
East central Pickens County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 501 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two and a half inches of
rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Amicalola Falls State Park, Juno and Fausett Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 8419 3454 8419 3450 8415 3438 8413
3442 8432 3451 8434 3460 8422
$$1 follow-up statement
675
WGUS72 KFFC 232202
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
602 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019
GAC085-227-232211-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-190824T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dawson GA-Pickens GA-
602 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN DAWSON AND EAST CENTRAL
PICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3457 8419 3454 8419 3450 8415 3438 8413
3442 8432 3451 8434 3460 8422
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 51 min |
| Aug 23, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 30 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.