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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2019, 9:30 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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 23, 2019, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2019, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 10:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ese Riddleville, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT RESCUED MOTORISTS WHO HAD BECOME STRANDED ALONG WILSON RD AFTER HEAVY RAINS HAD MADE THE ROAD IMPASSABLE. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 988 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933
WGUS52 KFFC 240130
FFWFFC
GAC125-163-303-240730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0032.190824T0130Z-190824T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
930 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Glascock County in east central Georgia...
Northeastern Washington County in east central Georgia...
West central Jefferson County in east central Georgia...
* Until 330 AM EDT Saturday.
* At 929 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Davisboro, Edge Hill, Edgehill, Grange, Downs and Stapletons
Crossroads.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3318 8241 3297 8245 3288 8259 3299 8272
3317 8272
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Dooly, Marion, Schley | 35 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.