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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 6, 2022Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2022, 6:28 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 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 6, 2022, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2022, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

966 
WGUS52 KFFC 062228
FFWFFC
GAC145-215-070330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0006.220406T2228Z-220407T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Harris County in west central Georgia...
  Muscogee County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1130 PM EDT.

* At 628 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, Waverly Hall, Bibb City, Upatoi, North Fort Benning, 
  Flat Rock, Fortson, Midland, Cataula, Kenwood, Columbus 
  Metropolitan Airport, Ellerslie, Edgewood, Mulberry Grove, Laurel 
  Hills, Vista Terrace, Highland Park, Green Island Hills, Saint 
  Marys Hills and Rose Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3263 8509 3264 8508 3265 8510 3267 8509
      3270 8512 3273 8503 3272 8469 3269 8470
      3256 8469 3256 8467 3253 8468 3251 8472
      3242 8478 3241 8487 3238 8498 3241 8498
      3242 8496 3245 8500 3251 8500 3258 8507

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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, 6:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Lamar, Monroe and 4 more	5 hr
Apr 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor	52 min
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.