Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 17, 2021, 2:20 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 17, 2021, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2021, 2:20 PM EST (19:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2021, 7:13 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
764 WGUS62 KFFC 171920 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 220 PM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181200- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0002.210218T0000Z-210219T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper- Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones- Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford- Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion- Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery- Toombs- Including the cities of , Griffin, Lumpkin, Cordele, Conyers, Cartersville, Vidalia, Gainesville, Calhoun, Covington, Americus, Swainsboro, Columbus, Newnan, Marietta, Carrollton, Atlanta, Decatur, Peachtree City, Dublin, Athens, Rome, Macon, Warner Robins, Lawrenceville, Dahlonega, East Point, Douglasville, Cleveland, and Milledgeville 220 PM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for much of north and central Georgia. * From 7 PM EST this evening through Friday morning * Widespread rainfall will spread across the area beginning tonight and will shift southeastward through the day Thursday. Rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches with locally higher amounts over 2 inches are expected. Previous rounds of rainfall have kept soils wet and saturated which will more easily allow for runoff and potential flash flooding. * Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks and inundate fields, roads, businesses and other property. Roads may be closed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to Flash Flooding. Flash Flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
3 follow-up statements
192 WGUS62 KFFC 180902 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 402 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181715- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210219T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 402 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * North and Central Georgia. * Through Friday morning * Widespread rainfall will continue across much of Georgia through today. An additional one to two inches of rain can be expected with some locally higher amounts. * Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks and inundate fields, roads, businesses and other property. Roads may be closed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to Flash Flooding. Flash Flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
043 WGUS62 KFFC 181442 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 942 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>071-078-079-089- 090-102-181545- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210219T1200Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee- Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene- Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper- Putnam-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Harris-Talbot- Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Stewart- Including the cities of , Griffin, Newnan, Conyers, Cartersville, Gainesville, Calhoun, Covington, Columbus, Lumpkin, Marietta, Carrollton, Atlanta, Decatur, Peachtree City, Athens, Rome, Lawrenceville, Dahlonega, East Point, Douglasville, and Cleveland 942 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for all of north Georgia and portions of central Georgia, has been cancelled. The Flood Watch is cancelled. $$ GAZ061-062-072>076-080>086-091>098-103>113-191200- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210219T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Hancock-Warren-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Marion-Schley-Macon- Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of , Warner Robins, Americus, Cordele, Vidalia, Dublin, Swainsboro, Milledgeville, and Macon 942 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of eastern and central Georgia, generally along and southeast of a line from Warrenton to Macon to Buena Vista. * Through Friday morning * Additional rainfall totals over an inch with localized additional amounts approaching two inches are possible. * Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks and inundate fields, roads, and property. A few roads may be closed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to Flash Flooding. Flash Flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
546 WGUS62 KFFC 190013 FFAFFC Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 713 PM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 GAZ061-062-072>076-080>086-091>098-103>113-190115- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210219T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Hancock-Warren-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Marion-Schley-Macon- Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of , Warner Robins, Americus, Cordele, Vidalia, Dublin, Swainsboro, Milledgeville, and Macon 713 PM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...southeast Georgia and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Laurens, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Telfair, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen, Warren and Washington. In southeast Georgia, Toombs. In west central Georgia, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and Webster has been cancelled. The Flood Watch is cancelled. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 9:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 56 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 2 more | 24 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.