Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2019, 7:34 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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
- Apr 19, 2019, 7:34 AM EDT (11:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Banks Crossing, GA | CHAMBERS RD WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED AT GA-59. |
| Apr 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Apple Valley, GA | HIGHWAY 15 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT BENNETT CEMETERY ROAD. |
| Apr 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Five Points, GA | WRIGHTS MILL RD WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED AT CARLAN RD. |
| Apr 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Hollingsworth, GA | PEYTON RD WAS FLOODED AT SAMPLE SCALES RD. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
087
WGUS52 KFFC 191134
FFWFFC
GAC011-013-059-139-157-195-191730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.190419T1134Z-190419T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
734 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Barrow County in north central Georgia...
Banks County in northeastern Georgia...
Northwestern Clarke County in northeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Hall County in north central Georgia...
Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
Northwestern Madison County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 130 PM EDT.
* At 734 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Gainesville, Jefferson, Commerce, Homer, Braselton, Lula,
Maysville, Arcade, Nicholson, Hoschton, Pendergrass, Ila,
Gillsville, Talmo, Athens-Clarke County, Candler, Westgate Park,
Chateau Elan, Road Atlanta-Lanier Speedway and Hollingsworth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8346 3446 8340 3442 8338 3432 8339
3427 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330 3425 8327
3424 8317 3427 8311 3395 8349 3408 8384
3412 8383 3410 8387 3411 8389 3444 8363
3443 8361 3449 8354
$$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, 6:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Rockdale and 1 more | 6 hr |
| 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, 7:44 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.