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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 12, 2020Baldwin County, Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2020, 5:24 AM EST for Baldwin County, Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2020, 5:24 AM EST (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2020, 11:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 12, 5:24 AM ESTFLASH FLOOD1 W Hardwick, GAROAD FLOODING AT 248 IVEY DR.
Nov 12, 5:24 AM ESTFLASH FLOOD5 Nw Underwood, GAROAD FLOODING ON CUT THRU RD NEAR LITTLE ROCKY CREEK.
Nov 12, 5:24 AM ESTFLASH FLOODHardwick, GAROAD FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF EDWARDS ST AND COOMBS AVE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2020-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 410 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 00:00Z on 2020-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

642 
WGUS52 KFFC 121024
FFWFFC
GAC009-141-121630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0073.201112T1024Z-201112T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
524 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Baldwin County in central Georgia...
  Southwestern Hancock County in east central Georgia...

* Until 1130 AM EST Thursday.

* At 524 AM EST, 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...
  Milledgeville, Midway-Hardwick, Underwood, Hardwick, Beulah, 
  Devereux, Allenwood, Scottsboro, Oconee Springs Park, Pancras and 
  Coopers.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8327 3297 8330 3302 8333 3308 8331
      3317 8326 3326 8324 3326 8323 3328 8323
      3331 8315 3332 8315 3333 8309 3325 8303
      3314 8300 3300 8315 3300 8316 3299 8318
      3297 8317 3297 8318 3297 8320

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
1 follow-up statement
892 
WGUS72 KFFC 121629
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1129 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020

GAC009-141-121639-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-201112T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-
1129 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR 
CENTRAL BALDWIN AND SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended and flood waters have begun to recede. 
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to 
heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3296 8327 3297 8330 3302 8333 3308 8331
      3317 8326 3326 8324 3326 8323 3328 8323
      3331 8315 3332 8315 3333 8309 3325 8303
      3314 8300 3300 8315 3300 8316 3299 8318
      3297 8317 3297 8318 3297 8320

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 10:35 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett6 hr
Nov 12, 12:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton6 hr
Nov 12, 12:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union, White40 min
Nov 12, 1:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCTowns, White5 hr
Nov 12, 3:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs41 min
Nov 12, 4:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Putnam6 hr
Nov 12, 4:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCHouston6 hr
Nov 12, 4:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth7 hr
Nov 12, 6:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes6 hr
Nov 12, 6:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren and 3 more5 hr
Nov 12, 6:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.