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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 2, 2020Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 2, 2020, 5:36 PM EST for Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2020, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2020, 7:35 PM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

802 
WGUS52 KFFC 022236
FFWFFC
GAC121-135-030430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.200102T2236Z-200103T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
536 PM EST Thu Jan 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Gwinnett County in north central Georgia...
  East central Fulton County in north central Georgia...

* Until 1130 PM EST.

* At 536 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash 
  flooding is expected to begin shortly in the Crooked Creek 
  normally prone areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Sandy Springs, Roswell, Duluth, Norcross and Berkeley Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 8417 3400 8418 3396 8418 3395 8427
      3401 8431 3402 8427 3404 8423

$$
1 follow-up statement
139 
WGUS72 KFFC 030035 RRA
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
735 PM EST Thu Jan 2 2020

GAC121-135-030045-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200103T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gwinnett GA-Fulton GA-
735 PM EST Thu Jan 2 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GWINNETT AND EAST CENTRAL
FULTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3404 8417 3400 8418 3396 8418 3395 8427
      3401 8431 3402 8427 3404 8423

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 5:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.