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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2022, 6:58 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk 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
- Jul 30, 2022, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2022, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:32 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cave Spring, GA | STANDING WATER IN DOWNTOWN CAVE SPRING. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
339
WGUS52 KFFC 302258
FFWFFC
GAC115-233-310500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0019.220730T2258Z-220731T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
658 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 100 AM EDT Sunday.
* At 658 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is
possible. 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...
Cave Spring.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3415 8543 3420 8534 3419 8521 3410 8522
3408 8522 3401 8541 3406 8542 3407 8542
3408 8542 3411 8543 3413 8543 3414 8543
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 2:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 26 min |
| Jul 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
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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.