Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2022
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 2022, 1:56 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 23, 2022, 1:56 AM EST (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2022, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
228
WGUS52 KFFC 230656
FFWFFC
GAC047-083-295-313-231300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.220223T0656Z-220223T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
156 AM EST Wed Feb 23 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 800 AM EST Wednesday.
* At 156 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area in the next few hours. 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...
Dalton, Lafayette, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville,
Chickamauga, Varnell, Lookout Mountain, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Rock
Spring, Beaumont, Blue Spring, Noble, Wood Station, Boynton,
Fairview, Indian Springs and Naomi.
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 3498 8560 3499 8481 3492 8484 3490 8482
3489 8483 3487 8482 3486 8484 3481 8486
3480 8484 3478 8488 3475 8486 3462 8553
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
587
WGUS72 KFFC 231258
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
758 AM EST Wed Feb 23 2022
GAC047-083-295-313-231308-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220223T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catoosa GA-Dade GA-Walker GA-Whitfield GA-
758 AM EST Wed Feb 23 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
CATOOSA, DADE, WALKER AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST Wednesday for
portions of north central Georgia and northwest Georgia.
LAT...LON 3498 8560 3499 8481 3492 8484 3490 8482
3489 8483 3487 8482 3486 8484 3481 8486
3480 8484 3478 8488 3475 8486 3462 8553
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 31 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Feb 23, 7:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Feb 23, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 57 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:01 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 12 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.