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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 5, 2022Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2022, 3:15 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 5, 2022, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2022, 5:49 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 105 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 2022-04-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2022-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

872 
WGUS52 KFFC 051915
FFWFFC
GAC053-215-052315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0004.220405T1915Z-220405T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
315 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Muscogee County in west central Georgia...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 315 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches 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...
  Columbus, North Fort Benning, Upatoi, Bibb City, Fort 
  Benning/lawson Army Air Fld, Vista Terrace, Kenwood, Flat Rock, 
  Sand Hill, Edgewood, Saint Marys Hills, Highland Park, Columbus 
  Metropolitan Airport, Benning Hills, Benning Park, Midland, Custer 
  Road Terrace, Avondale, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning and Carter Acres.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3258 8506 3261 8507 3261 8491 3258 8491
      3258 8470 3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8465
      3251 8464 3249 8466 3234 8473 3232 8498
      3235 8499 3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497
      3240 8498 3243 8497 3245 8500 3251 8500

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

KS
1 follow-up statement
987 
WGUS72 KFFC 052149
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
549 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

GAC053-215-052159-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220405T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chattahoochee GA-Muscogee GA-
549 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE AND 
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. While the threat of flash flooding has 
ended, rivers and creeks continue to respond to the runoff from 
heavy rainfall. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3258 8506 3261 8507 3261 8491 3258 8491
      3258 8470 3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8465
      3251 8464 3249 8466 3234 8473 3232 8498
      3235 8499 3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497
      3240 8498 3243 8497 3245 8500 3251 8500

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 8:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Apr 5, 8:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding24 min
Apr 5, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Apr 5, 9:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup31 min
Apr 5, 9:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson36 min
Apr 5, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach24 min
Apr 5, 9:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike37 min
Apr 5, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe, Upson30 min
Apr 5, 10:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts24 min
Apr 5, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam35 min
Apr 5, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes27 min
Apr 5, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster53 min
Apr 5, 1:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart36 min
Apr 5, 1:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion32 min
Apr 5, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson40 min
Apr 5, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster49 min
Apr 5, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Talbot, Taylor32 min
Apr 5, 2:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Apr 5, 2:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 1 more3 hr
Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDTFlood WatchFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 46 more40 hr
Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Macon, Monroe and 2 more42 min
Apr 5, 2:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb21 days
Apr 5, 2:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor34 min
Apr 5, 2:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb6 hr
Apr 5, 3:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton35 hr
Apr 5, 3:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett21 days
Apr 5, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon22 min
Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison33 min
Apr 5, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 4 more47 min
Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Apr 5, 3:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton21 days
Apr 5, 3:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Apr 5, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Jones25 min
Apr 5, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach33 min
Apr 5, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more47 min
Apr 5, 3:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette, Spalding30 hr
Apr 5, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Pulaski43 min
Apr 5, 3:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs, Wilkinson25 min
Apr 5, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam31 min
Apr 5, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens, Pulaski30 min
Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair and 3 more39 min
Apr 5, 4:13 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson32 min
Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens30 min
Apr 5, 4:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth12 hr
Apr 5, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson53 min
Apr 5, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox27 min
Apr 5, 4:29 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett63 min
Apr 5, 4:29 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett7 hr
Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLaurens28 min
Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Warren11 min
Apr 5, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more43 min
Apr 5, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens36 min
Apr 5, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen33 min
Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington33 min
Apr 5, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Montgomery, Toombs35 min
Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler20 min
Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel20 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs34 min
Apr 5, 6:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton5 hr
Apr 5, 6:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson27 hr
Apr 5, 7:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson3 days

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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.