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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 4, 2021Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2021, 12:16 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
Oct 4, 2021, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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
Oct 4, 12:20 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Green Island Hills, GAI-185 AT WILLIAMS ROAD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FLOODING, WATER HAD BEGUN TO RECEDE WHEN RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

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 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2021-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 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 2021-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

568 
WGUS52 KFFC 041616
FFWFFC
GAC145-215-042215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0036.211004T1616Z-211004T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1216 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South Central Harris County in west central Georgia...
  Northwestern Muscogee County in west central Georgia...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 1216 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible 
  in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 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...
  Bibb City, Fortson, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Laurel Hills, 
  Green Island Hills, Flat Rock, Midland and Goat Rock Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3264 8508 3264 8502 3263 8490 3262 8483
      3259 8479 3256 8480 3253 8483 3251 8492
      3250 8499 3254 8502 3254 8503 3255 8504
      3258 8507 3262 8508 3262 8509

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot44 min
Oct 4, 11:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more4 days
Oct 4, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee44 min
Oct 4, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee44 min
Oct 4, 1:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMuscogee6 hr
Oct 4, 4:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Hall4 hr
Oct 4, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.