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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Heard County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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
May 4, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2021, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2021-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

415 
WGUS52 KFFC 050024
FFWFFC
GAC149-285-050415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0011.210505T0024Z-210505T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
824 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Heard County in west central Georgia...
  Troup County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1215 AM EDT.

* At 824 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen today not including rainfall from yesterdays 
  storms. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible 
  in the warned area in the next 1 to 2 hours. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  LaGrange, Franklin, West Point, Hogansville, Ephesus, 
  Centralhatchee, Corinth, Hillcrest, Wares Crossroads, 
  Harrisonville, Glenn, Louise, Abbottsford, Texas, Cannonville, 
  Smiths Crossroad, Waresville, Piedmont Heights, Long Cane and 
  Mountville.

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.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 8529 3342 8501 3322 8495 3322 8486
      3321 8487 3319 8486 3287 8487 3287 8518

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup50 min
May 4, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
May 4, 8:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk10 hr
May 4, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster44 min
May 4, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion50 min
May 4, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding32 min
May 4, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe and 8 more45 min
May 4, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair25 min
May 4, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Lamar and 7 more25 min
May 4, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair29 min
May 4, 10:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga8 hr
May 4, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 5 more29 min
May 4, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Jones, Laurens, Telfair and 3 more44 min
May 4, 10:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas64 hr
May 4, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Telfair and 4 more49 min
May 4, 11:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb7 hr
May 5, 12:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth11 hr
May 5, 12:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb10 hr
May 5, 1:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCHaralson24 hr
May 5, 2:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton4 hr
May 5, 5:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs4 days
May 5, 6:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett9 hr
May 5, 6:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard19 hr
May 5, 11:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Paulding18 hr
May 5, 3:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd31 hr
May 5, 6:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.