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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Sep 4, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2022, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:27 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Preston, GA | FLOODING ON SR 27 BOTH DIRECTIONS AT CEMETARY RD WITH ALL LANES CLOSED. |
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 127 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
- 868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
123
WGUS52 KFFC 042300
FFWFFC
GAC197-249-261-307-050500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0040.220904T2300Z-220905T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
700 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Marion County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Schley County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Sumter County in west central Georgia...
Eastern Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 700 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 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 training of thunderstorms and
locally heavy rainfall.
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...
Buena Vista, Preston, Plains, Putnam, Brantley, Draneville,
Friendship, Church Hill, Doyle, Walls Crossing, Dumas, Zellobee
and Tazewell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3235 8466 3244 8446 3216 8432 3206 8426
3199 8444 3197 8450 3230 8466 3231 8466
3234 8466
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
611
WGUS72 KFFC 050457
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1257 AM EDT Mon Sep 5 2022
GAC197-249-261-307-050507-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-220905T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Marion GA-Schley GA-Sumter GA-Webster GA-
1257 AM EDT Mon Sep 5 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MARION, SOUTHWESTERN SCHLEY, NORTHWESTERN SUMTER AND
EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
Flood waters have receded and the heavy rain has ended, however
periods of light to moderate rain will continue overnight. Flash
flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3235 8466 3244 8446 3216 8432 3206 8426
3199 8444 3197 8450 3230 8466 3231 8466
3234 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 4:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 18 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 16 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 24 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 12 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 43 more | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.