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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 5:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 2 hr |
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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.