Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2019
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 8, 2019, 11:02 AM EDT for 86 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2019, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 86 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
193 WGUS62 KFFC 081502 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1102 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>057-066>068- 078-090000- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0004.190608T1502Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Harris- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 1102 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of north central Georgia... northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Dawson... DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...Gilmer... Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Newton...North Fulton... Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison... Oconee...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia...Bartow... Carroll...Catoosa...Chattooga...Dade...Floyd...Gordon... Haralson...Murray...Paulding...Polk...Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Meriwether... Pike...Spalding and Troup. * Through Sunday evening * Rounds of heavy rainfall can be expected across the area. Amounts of 2 to 3 inches could occur in a short period of time giving potential for flash flooding. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
5 follow-up statements
187 WGUS62 KFFC 082046 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 GAZ038-039-049>051-058>062-069>073-079>082-089>091-091100- /O.EXA.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Butts-Jasper-Putnam- Hancock-Warren-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Talbot-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion- Including the cities of Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has expanded the * Flash Flood Watch to include portions of central Georgia... east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Bibb...Butts... Crawford...Jasper...Jones...Monroe and Putnam. In east central Georgia...Greene...Hancock...Taliaferro...Warren and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Morgan. In northeast Georgia... Oglethorpe. In west central Georgia...Chattahoochee...Lamar... Marion...Muscogee...Talbot...Taylor and Upson. * Through Sunday evening * Between 2 and 5 inches of rainfall has fallen across this area over the past 48 hours, with locally higher amounts. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall can be expected across the area. New rainfall amounts up to 2 to 3 inches could occur in a short period of time producing a potential for flash flooding. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>057-066>068- 078-091100- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Harris- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 446 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of north central Georgia...northeast Georgia... northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in north central Georgia...Barrow... Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Dawson...DeKalb...Douglas... Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...Gilmer...Gwinnett...Hall... Henry...Lumpkin...Newton...North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale... South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia... Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison...Oconee...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia...Bartow...Carroll...Catoosa... Chattooga...Dade...Floyd...Gordon...Haralson...Murray... Paulding...Polk...Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Meriwether...Pike... Spalding and Troup. * Through Sunday evening * Between 2 and 5 inches of rainfall has fallen across this area over the past 48 hours, with locally higher amounts. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall can be expected across the area. New rainfall amounts up to 2 to 3 inches could occur in a short period of time producing a potential for flash flooding. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
862 WGUS62 KFFC 091006 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 606 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-041-091115- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Polk-Haralson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, and Cartersville 606 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for a portion of northwest Georgia has been cancelled. Heavy rain is not anticipated in this area today, therefore the watch has been cancelled. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-031>039-042>062-066>073-078>082- 089>091-091815- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts- Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion- Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus 606 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Bibb...Butts...Crawford...Jasper... Jones...Monroe and Putnam. In east central Georgia...Greene... Hancock...Taliaferro...Warren and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Dawson... DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...Gilmer... Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Morgan...Newton...North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison... Oconee...Oglethorpe...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia... Carroll and Paulding. In west central Georgia... Chattahoochee...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Marion... Meriwether...Muscogee...Pike...Spalding...Talbot...Taylor... Troup and Upson. * Through this evening * Up to 6 inches of rain has fallen across parts of the area over the past 24 hours. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall are possible across the area with amounts up to 2 inches possible. * Flooding along rivers already out of their banks could become worse. Additional heavy rain may cause rapid rises in smaller creeks and streams. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
279 WGUS62 KFFC 091158 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 758 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 GAZ074>076-083-084-092>096-102>107-092000- /O.EXA.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Schley-Macon-Peach- Houston-Bleckley-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski- Including the cities of Warner Robins, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 758 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has expanded the * Flash Flood Watch to include portions of central Georgia... east central Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Bleckley...Crisp... Dooly...Houston...Peach...Pulaski...Twiggs and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia...Glascock...Jefferson and Washington. In west central Georgia...Macon...Schley...Stewart...Sumter and Webster. * Through this evening * Up to 3 inches of rain has fallen across parts of the area over the past 24 hours. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall are possible across the area with amounts up to 2 inches possible. * Flooding along rivers already out of their banks could become worse. Additional heavy rain may cause rapid rises in smaller creeks and streams. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-031>039-042>062-066>073-078>082- 089>091-092000- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts- Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion- Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus 758 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Bibb...Butts...Crawford...Jasper... Jones...Monroe and Putnam. In east central Georgia...Greene... Hancock...Taliaferro...Warren and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Dawson... DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...Gilmer... Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Morgan...Newton...North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison... Oconee...Oglethorpe...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia... Carroll and Paulding. In west central Georgia... Chattahoochee...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Marion... Meriwether...Muscogee...Pike...Spalding...Talbot...Taylor... Troup and Upson. * Through this evening * Up to 6 inches of rain has fallen across parts of the area over the past 24 hours. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall are possible across the area with amounts up to 2 inches possible. * Flooding along rivers already out of their banks could become worse. Additional heavy rain may cause rapid rises in smaller creeks and streams. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
833 WGUS62 KFFC 091906 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 306 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-031>039-042>062-066>076-078>084- 089>096-102>107-100000- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts- Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot- Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Muscogee-Chattahoochee- Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Stewart-Webster-Sumter- Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski- Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Warner Robins, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 306 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Bibb...Bleckley...Butts... Crawford...Crisp...Dooly...Houston...Jasper...Jones...Monroe... Peach...Pulaski...Putnam...Twiggs and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia...Glascock...Greene...Hancock...Jefferson... Taliaferro...Warren...Washington and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Dawson... DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...Gilmer... Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Morgan...Newton...North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison... Oconee...Oglethorpe...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia... Carroll and Paulding. In west central Georgia... Chattahoochee...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Macon... Marion...Meriwether...Muscogee...Pike...Schley...Spalding... Stewart...Sumter...Talbot...Taylor...Troup...Upson and Webster. * Until 8 PM EDT this evening * Up to 6 inches of rain has fallen across parts of the area over the past 24 hours. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall are possible across the area with amounts up to 2 inches possible. * Flooding along rivers already out of their banks could become worse. Additional heavy rain may cause rapid rises in smaller creeks and streams. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
532 WGUS62 KFFC 100002 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 802 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-031>039-042>062-066>076-078>084- 089>096-102>107-100115- /O.EXP.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-190610T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts- Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot- Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Muscogee-Chattahoochee- Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Stewart-Webster-Sumter- Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski- Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Warner Robins, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 802 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia... northwest Georgia and west central Georgia has expired. Rainfall will continue to diminish across the the area. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 8, 10:33 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 10:33 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1033 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 .UPDATE... Deep moisture rotating around the upper low has lead to showers and thunderstorms over n and portions of central GA this morning, with heavy rain associated. Have gotten reports of water over some roads where the heaviest rain persisted for a period of time. Occasional showers and storms are expected through the afternoon. BDL && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 734 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019/ UPDATE... SHRA/TSRA entering the ATL metro area about on schedule so no big changes to PoP or Wx needed. Again no strong convection expected this morning, just embedded/elevated TSRA this morning followed by a break and then scattered TSRA after 3PM. Considered FF.A for far NE counties but not seeing sufficient amount of rain to exceed guidance. Looks much more likely just NE of CWA. Will continue to monitor. SNELSON PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 356 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019/ .Morning Forecast Discussion... SHORT TERM /Today through Sunday/... Primary concern in the short term period is timing of rounds of precip and PoPs. Very moist pattern continues with upper low centered over western TN trapped under large eastern CONUS ridge. Will be similar pattern to last two days, but more clouds and cooler temps (and lower instability) than yday. Timing rounds of precip especially challenging with tropical airmass and very little lift needed to initiate convection. Models often struggle with this. Based on consensus of hires model guidance, appears one round of more widespread SHRA/embedded TSRA this morning then more scattered SHRA/TSRA later this afternoon. Any storms will have high precip efficiency but with limited instability and moderately strong (~25kts) winds aloft, rain rates should stay in check. FF guidance has dropped some but not seeing potential to exceed new guidance. For Sunday, upper low moves only a little east while filling in. Trough axis still to our west so another wet day. Flow aloft will be weaker so could see locally high amounts of rain. Will need to recheck potential for flash flooding on later shifts. SNELSON LONG TERM /Sunday Night through Friday/... Rain, Rain, Go Away! That will be the feeling by the time we start the long term period, but there's no relief in site until Thursday. By Monday morning, the low-pressure system that will be anchored over the Southeastern U.S. will be partially swept up by a shortwave trough moving through the Eastern CONUS. A cold front will also be moving into the area Monday morning as well but is expected to stall through the forecast area. While most of the energy will be swept up, some remnant of the low-pressure will remain and continue to pump moisture from the Gulf into the forecast area. A second shortwave trough will dig into the area by Wednesday night, which will sweep up the rest of the low-pressure system, push a cold front completely through the forecast area and replace the current airmass with a dry area of high pressure. There will still be a 15% to 30% chance for rain on Thursday as the rain move out of the area but afterwords clear skies are expected for the first time all week. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s expected through the week. Thiem AVIATION... 12Z Update... IFR cigs will continue this morning, improving to MVFR after 14Z. Widespread SHRA with some isold embedded TS will move out of ATL area airports after 14Z, though there is still uncertainty on exact timing of rounds of SHRA/TSRA. After main round this morning, sct SHRA/TSRA again likely to develop after 19-20Z with widespread MVFR cigs around 2500-3000ft continuing. Sfc winds will remain SE 5-10kts today, decreasing to 3-5kts after 01Z, then increasing slightly after 14Z Sunday. //ATL Confidence...12Z Update... Low confidence on SHRA vs VCSH timing. Medium confidence on TSRA timing. High confidence on all other elements. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 78 68 80 67 / 80 70 80 80 Atlanta 78 70 80 69 / 100 60 70 70 Blairsville 73 63 74 62 / 90 70 70 70 Cartersville 78 68 81 67 / 80 60 70 60 Columbus 82 70 82 69 / 80 60 70 60 Gainesville 75 68 77 68 / 80 80 80 80 Macon 82 68 82 67 / 80 60 70 60 Rome 78 68 82 67 / 80 60 60 60 Peachtree City 79 67 80 66 / 100 60 70 60 Vidalia 85 71 86 71 / 80 50 60 60 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....41 AVIATION...BDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:53 AM EDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-090800- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Several waves of numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will form across the forecast area today and tonight. A few of the storms could be strong with heavy rain, gusty winds, and lightning possible. One to two inches of rain will be possible today and tonight with locally higher amounts possible where heavy rain persists for prolonged periods of time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... Several continuous waves of showers and thunderstorms are expected Saturday through Thursday with the greatest coverage Saturday through Monday. Any thunderstorms will be capable of gusty winds, lightning and heavy rain. Flooding could be a growing concern as we approach the weekend with continued rounds of showers and storms. Please monitor updates for any changes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
919 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
GAZ033-034-044>046-053>057-081400-
Fayette GA-North Fulton GA-Rockdale GA-Clayton GA-Coweta GA-
DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-Spalding GA-Henry GA-South Fulton GA-
919 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FAYETTE... SOUTHEAST FULTON...
ROCKDALE...CLAYTON...EASTERN COWETA...DEKALB...SOUTHERN GWINNETT...
SPALDING...AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...
At 917 AM EDT...a cluster of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Rosebud to near Sharpsburg...and moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Atlanta, Newnan, Griffin, McDonough, Decatur, Fayetteville, Conyers,
Jonesboro, Peachtree City, East Point, Stockbridge, Union City,
Forest Park, Snellville, Riverdale, College Park, Fairburn, Lilburn,
Clarkston and Hampton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3348 8477 3378 8443 3394 8411 3389 8385
3379 8398 3375 8392 3371 8391 3365 8393
3352 8405 3350 8403 3323 8430 3322 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 222DEG 21KT 3384 8396 3334 8471Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:19 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1019 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
GAZ034-035-037-045>048-055-057-081500-
Walton GA-Rockdale GA-Barrow GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-
Oconee GA-Newton GA-Henry GA-
1019 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALTON...ROCKDALE...BARROW...
EASTERN CLAYTON...SOUTHERN DEKALB...GWINNETT...NORTHWESTERN OCONEE...
NEWTON AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...
At 1019 AM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Auburn to Jw Smith Reservoir...and moving northeast at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Lawrenceville, McDonough, Conyers, Winder, Monroe, Covington, Duluth,
Stockbridge, Snellville, Suwanee, Lilburn, Loganville, Norcross,
Clarkston, Braselton, Hampton, Auburn, Lovejoy, Stone Mountain and
Locust Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3407 8377 3407 8374 3405 8371 3404 8357
3394 8352 3392 8344 3387 8342 3379 8353
3360 8368 3357 8368 3349 8373 3341 8390
3345 8393 3340 8398 3339 8397 3337 8400
3334 8406 3335 8439 3397 8420 3412 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 240DEG 16KT 3401 8383 3340 8437The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 10:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 104 min |
| Jun 8, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Morgan, Oconee | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 14 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 28 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Putnam | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 26 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 30 min |
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Sources
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