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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 25, 2020Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2020, 2:23 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2020, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2020, 4:32 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2020-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2020-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

872 
WGUS52 KFFC 251823
FFWFFC
GAC143-233-260030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0045.200825T1823Z-200826T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
223 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
  Southeastern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 830 PM EDT Tuesday.

* At 223 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Buchanan, Eubank Lake and Draketown.

LAT...LON 3388 8523 3397 8502 3395 8502 3395 8505
      3390 8505 3390 8504 3384 8504 3381 8504
      3381 8505 3379 8505 3375 8517 3375 8519
      3374 8518 3375 8520

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
1 follow-up statement
681 
WGUS72 KFFC 252032
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
432 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

GAC143-233-252042-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-200826T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Haralson GA-Polk GA-
432 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN HARALSON AND 
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES...

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

LAT...LON 3388 8523 3397 8502 3395 8502 3395 8505
      3390 8505 3390 8504 3384 8504 3381 8504
      3381 8505 3379 8505 3375 8517 3375 8519
      3374 8518 3375 8520

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski23 min
Aug 24, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski25 min
Aug 24, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler26 min
Aug 24, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski27 min
Aug 24, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler28 min
Aug 24, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen24 min
Aug 24, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 min
Aug 24, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen24 min
Aug 24, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 min
Aug 24, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs27 min
Aug 24, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs28 min
Aug 24, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs31 min
Aug 24, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Aug 25, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel31 min
Aug 25, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler32 min
Aug 25, 3:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler24 min
Aug 25, 8:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPike, Spalding6 hr
Aug 25, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether3 hr
Aug 25, 10:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale, Spalding4 hr
Aug 25, 10:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett64 min
Aug 25, 12:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCSpalding3 hr
Aug 25, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson31 min
Aug 25, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs23 min
Aug 25, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs48 min

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.