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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 14, 2020Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at Jan 14, 2020, 2:02 PM EST for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2020, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2020, 2:00 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 14, 1:13 PM EST, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 1:13 PM EST, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 10:13 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1013 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

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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-
1013 AM EST Tue Jan 14 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Widespread showers and a few thunderstorms will continue to move
along a stalled frontal boundary situated across portions of north
and central Georgia. A few strong thunderstorms are possible with
the potential for an isolated severe storm. Rainfall will be
heavy at times and localized flooding is possible in addition to
some river flooding. The Flash Flood Watch continues for much of
north and central Georgia.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Showers and thunderstorms will linger into late Wednesday as a
frontal boundary remains stalled over north Georgia. The Flash Flood
Watch will continue through early Wednesday morning as the
potential for heavy rain continues through this period.

There will be a brief period of mostly dry weather Thursday and
early Friday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms will return
late in the week into the early weekend as a cold front moves
through the area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 14, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EST TUE JAN 14 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE MCKIBBEN          33.30N  84.04W
01/14/2020                   BUTTS              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG CHAPEL ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000087

BDL

Local storm report, Jan 14, 10:03 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 AM EST TUE JAN 14 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW MCKIBBEN          33.26N  84.10W
01/14/2020                   BUTTS              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF JACKSON AND
            KERMIT WILLIAMS ROADS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000088

BDL

Local storm report, Jan 14, 10:05 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1005 AM EST TUE JAN 14 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1238 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW MCKIBBEN          33.26N  84.08W
01/14/2020                   BUTTS              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 16 AND
            HIGH FALLS ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000089

BDL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 10:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	42 min
Jan 13, 11:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Troup	21 days
Jan 13, 11:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding	23 min
Jan 14, 12:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Newton	42 min
Jan 14, 12:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding	41 min
Jan 14, 12:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	34 hr
Jan 14, 1:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	46 min
Jan 14, 4:19 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	28 hr
Jan 14, 4:28 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	27 hr
Jan 14, 5:15 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 70 more	5 hr
Jan 14, 5:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	21 days
Jan 14, 6:02 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	5 days
Jan 14, 8:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton	2 hr
Jan 14, 9:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	21 days
Jan 14, 11:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	3 hr
Jan 14, 12:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	46 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.