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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 6, 202210 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2022, 6:16 PM EDT for 10 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 reports 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: Apr 6, 2022, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2022, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Apr 6, 6:19 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ssw Liberty Hill, GA	WATER OVER ROADWAY AT HWY 36 AND EADY CREEK RD.
Apr 6, 6:19 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Talbotton, GA	ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FLOODING OF GEORGE W TOWNS RD IN TALBOTTON.
Apr 6, 6:26 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Thomaston, GA	FLOODING OF ROADWAY REPORTED AT BETHEL ST AND A STREET IN THOMASTON.
Apr 6, 6:26 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Salem, GA	FLOODING OVER THE ROADWAY ALONG ALLEN RD IN SALEM.
Apr 6, 7:26 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ssw Rutland, GA	WATER FLOWING DOWN LIBERTY ESTATES DRIVE UP TO 6 DEEP.
Apr 6, 7:31 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Byron, GA	200 BLOCK OF HWY 42 COVERED IN WATER.
Apr 6, 7:55 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wnw Junction City, GA	SEVERAL ROADS REPORTED CLOSED TO DUE FLASH FLOODING AROUND TALBOT COUNTY PER EM.
Apr 6, 8:11 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nw Centerville, GA	ROAD FLOODING FROM OVERFLOWING DITCHES NEAR BYRON ALONG HWY 41.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

645 
WGUS52 KFFC 062216
FFWFFC
GAC021-035-079-153-171-207-225-263-269-293-070315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0005.220406T2216Z-220407T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
616 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bibb County in central Georgia...
  Southern Butts County in central Georgia...
  Crawford County in central Georgia...
  Northeastern Houston County in central Georgia...
  Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Northeastern Peach County in central Georgia...
  Lamar County in west central Georgia...
  Talbot County in west central Georgia...
  Northwestern Taylor County in west central Georgia...
  Upson County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 616 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
  Macon, Thomaston, Barnesville, Forsyth, Roberta, Talbotton, Warner 
  Robins, Centerville, Byron, Milner, Woodland, Yatesville, Payne, 
  Junction City, Culloden, Geneva, Aldora, The Rock, Lincoln Park 
  and Sunset Village.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3283 8446 3298 8438 3299 8427 3316 8424
      3317 8413 3322 8411 3320 8383 3292 8369
      3283 8352 3269 8361 3258 8354 3261 8374
      3269 8383 3270 8404 3266 8425 3254 8445
      3256 8444 3253 8466 3260 8469 3272 8469

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 9:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	15 hr
Apr 5, 9:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	6 days
Apr 5, 10:25 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
Apr 5, 11:36 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow	4 hr
Apr 6, 2:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	6 hr
Apr 6, 3:44 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	8 hr
Apr 6, 5:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	71 hr
Apr 6, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Troup	11 hr
Apr 6, 11:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	7 days
Apr 6, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Taylor	39 min
Apr 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley, Sumter, Webster	39 min
Apr 6, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	29 min
Apr 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	28 min
Apr 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	24 min
Apr 6, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach, Twiggs	44 min
Apr 6, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster	29 min
Apr 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Macon, Schley	24 min
Apr 6, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	47 min
Apr 6, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	28 min
Apr 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 6, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Sumter	33 min
Apr 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	45 min
Apr 6, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	42 min
Apr 6, 3:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	3 days
Apr 6, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	47 min
Apr 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter, Wilcox	46 min
Apr 6, 4:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	29 min
Apr 6, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe	52 min
Apr 6, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson	44 min
Apr 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	43 min
Apr 6, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	40 min
Apr 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Putnam	38 min
Apr 6, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	24 min
Apr 6, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade	23 min
Apr 6, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	34 min
Apr 6, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	30 min
Apr 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor	52 min
Apr 6, 6:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	5 hr
Apr 6, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	29 min
Apr 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	34 min
Apr 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Apr 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Peach	52 min
Apr 6, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	28 min
Apr 6, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon, Peach	32 min
Apr 6, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield	28 min
Apr 6, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs	43 min
Apr 6, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	31 min
Apr 6, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	29 min
Apr 6, 7:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	35 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.