Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2019, 6:48 AM EDT for 7 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
- Apr 19, 2019, 6:48 AM EDT (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Henry County, GA, Pike County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:13 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Mcdonough, GA | HIGHWAY 81 WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED IN FRONT OF THE HENRY COUNTY LIBRARY. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
016
WGUS52 KFFC 191048
FFWFFC
GAC063-077-113-151-231-247-255-191645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0007.190419T1048Z-190419T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
648 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Spalding County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
Eastern Fayette County in north central Georgia...
North central Pike County in west central Georgia...
Henry County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
Clayton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1245 PM EDT.
* At 647 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges 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...
Griffin, McDonough, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Peachtree City,
Stockbridge, Forest Park, Riverdale, Hampton, Morrow, Lovejoy,
Senoia, Lake City, Brooks, Williamson, Haralson, Woolsey, Sunny
Side, Lake Spivey and Blacksville.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 8452 3365 8429 3365 8425 3363 8424
3363 8423 3365 8422 3363 8413 3362 8411
3363 8411 3360 8398 3352 8405 3352 8404
3317 8432 3320 8450 3322 8451 3322 8458
$$1 follow-up statement
695
WGUS72 KFFC 191339
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
939 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019
GAC063-077-113-151-231-247-255-191645-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190419T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Spalding GA-Rockdale GA-Fayette GA-Pike GA-Henry GA-Coweta GA-
Clayton GA-
939 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
SPALDING...SOUTHWESTERN ROCKDALE...EASTERN FAYETTE...NORTH CENTRAL
PIKE...HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN COWETA AND CLAYTON COUNTIES...
At 937 AM EDT, moderate to heavy rain continued over the area and
continue to receive public reports of water on roadways and creeks
leaving their banks. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen.
Flash flooding will continue.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Griffin, McDonough, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Peachtree City,
Stockbridge, Forest Park, Riverdale, Hampton, Morrow, Lovejoy,
Senoia, Lake City, Brooks, Williamson, Haralson, Woolsey, Sunny Side,
Lake Spivey and Blacksville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 8452 3365 8429 3365 8425 3363 8424
3363 8423 3365 8422 3363 8413 3362 8411
3363 8411 3360 8398 3352 8405 3352 8404
3317 8432 3320 8450 3322 8451 3322 8458
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 58 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 3:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 4:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 5:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 10 min |
| Apr 19, 6:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 7:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 7:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 8:06 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 19 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 9:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 16 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Talbot, Upson | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Franklin | 8 min |
| Apr 19, 9:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 13 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 17 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 63 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 31 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 46 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Spalding and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Banks | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 10:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 11:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Spalding | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 33 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.