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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2020, 9:54 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2020, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
102
WGUS52 KFFC 310154
FFWFFC
GAC057-067-121-310800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0049.200831T0154Z-200831T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
954 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Cherokee County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Northern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 400 AM EDT Monday.
* At 954 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. 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...
Roswell, Alpharetta, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Mountain Park,
Sweat Mountain, Lebanon and Hickory Flat.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8460 3412 8459 3415 8454 3420 8445
3419 8437 3414 8433 3409 8434 3405 8437
3404 8444 3404 8453 3405 8457 3406 8458
3407 8459
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 59 min |
| Aug 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 13 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 18 min |
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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.