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Flood Watch 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Sep 4, 2022, 6:49 PM EDT for 49 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2022, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 49 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
- 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Sep 4, 4:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 620 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-052230- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 620 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms will continue across the outlook area throughout the remainder of tonight. Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding is expected in locations where storms repeatedly move, especially in portions of northwest Georgia that have observed very heavy rain throughout the morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Scattered thunderstorms are possible area-wide from Monday through Thursday. A few storms could become strong each day with frequent lightning, locally heavy rainfall, and gusty winds possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>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, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 6 hr |
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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.