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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 19, 20194 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2019, 7:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Oct 19, 2019, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2019, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 19, 8:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Tremont, GAEM REPORTS STANDING WATER AND FLOODING OVER A LARGE NUMBER OF ROADWAYS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DOOLY COUNTY.

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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2019-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

230 
WGUS52 KFFC 192337
FFWFFC
GAC081-093-235-315-200530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0033.191019T2337Z-191020T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
737 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Pulaski County in central Georgia...
  Northwestern Wilcox County in central Georgia...
  Eastern Dooly County in central Georgia...
  Northeastern Crisp County in central Georgia...

* Until 130 AM EDT.

* At 736 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...
  Hawkinsville, Vienna, Abbeville, Pineview, Pinehurst, Browndale,
  Richwood, Cedar Creek, Mock Springs, Pope City, Finleyson, Wallace,
  Pleasant View, Tippettville, Tremont and Hartford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8370 3203 8385 3211 8385 3229 8363
      3229 8362 3232 8359 3239 8350 3198 8330

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly43 min
Oct 19, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly47 min
Oct 19, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox37 min
Oct 19, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox47 min

Nearby

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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.