Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 2020, 8:59 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 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
- Jan 13, 2020, 8:59 AM EST (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2020, 12:17 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
385
WGUS52 KFFC 131359
FFWFFC
GAC133-221-265-317-132000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.200113T1359Z-200113T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
859 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Greene County in east central Georgia...
Northern Taliaferro County in east central Georgia...
Wilkes County in east central Georgia...
Southern Oglethorpe County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EST Monday.
* At 857 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3
inches of rain have fallen since early this morning. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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 flooding include...
Washington, Crawfordville, Union Point, Tignall, Woodville, Maxeys,
Rayle, Stephens, Delhi, Newtown, Danburg, Lyneville, Carters Grove,
Jacksons Crossroads, Ficklin, Mallorysville, Lundberg, Robinson,
Norman and Metasville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 8303 3381 8320 3399 8265 3386 8261
3387 8258 3387 8257 3384 8258 3383 8260
3369 8251
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...UP TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
$$1 follow-up statement
649
WGUS72 KFFC 131717 RRA
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1217 PM EST Mon Jan 13 2020
GAC133-221-265-317-131727-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200113T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Greene GA-Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Oglethorpe GA-
1217 PM EST Mon Jan 13 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHERN
TALIAFERRO...WILKES AND SOUTHERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Although small creeks and streams may
still be responding to the rainfall, the threat of flash flooding
has passed. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3352 8303 3381 8320 3399 8265 3386 8261
3387 8258 3387 8257 3384 8258 3383 8260
3369 8251
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 23 min |
| Jan 12, 11:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 12, 11:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 12:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 44 min |
| Jan 13, 12:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jan 13, 1:34 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 39 min |
| Jan 13, 2:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 39 min |
| Jan 13, 7:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 50 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 20 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 70 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Jan 13, 2:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 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.