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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 2024Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2024, 8:18 PM EDT for Meriwether 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: Jul 28, 2024, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2024, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

671 
WGUS52 KFFC 290018
FFWFFC
GAC199-290315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0039.240729T0018Z-240729T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
818 PM EDT Sun Jul 28 2024

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

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

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 818 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 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 thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  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...
  Greenville, Woodbury, Lone Oak, Gay, Harris City, Rocky Mount, 
  Wooster, Odessadale, Saint Marks and Imlac.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3316 8485 3319 8484 3318 8461 3302 8455
      3291 8471 3299 8485

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

1 follow-up statement

355 
WGUS72 KFFC 290318
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1118 PM EDT Sun Jul 28 2024

GAC199-290328-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240729T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Meriwether GA-
1118 PM EDT Sun Jul 28 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL MERIWETHER COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 3316 8485 3319 8484 3318 8461 3302 8455
      3291 8471 3299 8485

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 8:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	3 hr
Jul 29, 12:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	27 min
Jul 29, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton	31 min
Jul 29, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	35 min
Jul 29, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	33 min
Jul 29, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	30 min
Jul 29, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	36 min
Jul 29, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton	35 min
Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Putnam	30 min
Jul 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro	29 min
Jul 29, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	37 min
Jul 29, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	29 min
Jul 29, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	33 min
Jul 29, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	33 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson	31 min
Jul 29, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield	49 min
Jul 29, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	44 min
Jul 29, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	27 min
Jul 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	45 min
Jul 29, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	25 min
Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	36 min
Jul 29, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	27 min
Jul 29, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	39 min
Jul 29, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Walker	52 min
Jul 29, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	15 min
Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Spalding	39 min
Jul 29, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	32 min
Jul 29, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	31 min
Jul 29, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 2 more	44 min
Jul 29, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	43 min
Jul 29, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	25 min
Jul 29, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	38 min
Jul 29, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	44 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Webster	49 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	32 min
Jul 29, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	30 min
Jul 29, 7:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	7 hr
Jul 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding	45 min
Jul 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	15 min
Jul 29, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe, Pike, Upson	43 min
Jul 29, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding	39 min
Jul 29, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	37 min
Jul 29, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	27 min
Jul 29, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding	34 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.