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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2019, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 9:16 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Eastman, GA | REPORT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT SHELDON ST. AND 6TH AVE. DRAINAGE DITCH HAD TO BE CLEARED. |
| Oct 19, 10:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Eastman, GA | REPORT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT SHELDON ST. AND 6TH AVE. DRAINAGE DITCH HAD TO BE CLEARED. |
| Oct 19, 10:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eastman, GA | REPORT OF WATER OVER NORMAN STREET. DRAINAGE DITCH HAD TO BE CLEARED. |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
035
WGUS52 KFFC 200045
FFWFFC
GAC091-175-235-309-315-200645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0034.191020T0045Z-191020T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
845 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Laurens County in central Georgia...
Dodge County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
North central Wilcox County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Wheeler County in central Georgia...
* Until 245 AM EDT.
* At 845 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...
Dublin, Eastman, Abbeville, Chester, Dexter, Cadwell, Chauncey,
Rentz, Union, Dubois, Gresston, Plainfield, Yonkers, Cedar Grove,
Ocmulgee Banks, Jay Bird Springs, Five Points and Godwinsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8331 3225 8344 3229 8336 3227 8335
3229 8334 3228 8333 3233 8329 3251 8293
3218 8278 3213 8294 3215 8294 3214 8295
3212 8295
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge | 52 min |
| Oct 19, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 48 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.