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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2024, 5:57 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 25, 2024, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2024, 8:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
005
WGUS52 KFFC 252157
FFWFFC
GAC145-199-215-231-263-285-293-260600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0049.240925T2157Z-240926T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
557 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Harris County in west central Georgia...
Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Western Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Pike County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Talbot County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Troup County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Upson County in west central Georgia...
* Until 200 AM EDT Thursday.
* At 557 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 2 to 4 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...
Columbus, Hamilton, Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain,
Woodbury, Waverly Hall, Warm Springs, Woodland, Molena, Gay, Pine
Mountain-Callaway Gardens, Sunset Village, Bibb City, Shiloh, F.d.
Roosevelt State Park, Pine Mountain Valley, Durand, Flint Hill and
Harris City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3262 8509 3264 8508 3264 8510 3266 8509
3269 8512 3272 8512 3274 8511 3275 8514
3276 8514 3277 8512 3278 8513 3316 8468
3298 8430 3240 8498 3242 8496 3244 8497
3245 8500 3251 8500 3254 8502 3258 8507
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
969
WGUS72 KFFC 260002
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
GAC145-199-215-231-263-285-293-260012-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-240926T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harris GA-Meriwether GA-Muscogee GA-Pike GA-Talbot GA-Troup GA-
Upson GA-
802 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR HARRIS, MERIWETHER, WESTERN
MUSCOGEE, SOUTHWESTERN PIKE, NORTHWESTERN TALBOT, SOUTHEASTERN TROUP
AND NORTHWESTERN UPSON COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has moved off to the east. Flooding is no longer
expected to pose an immediate threat. Please continue to heed
remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT Friday for portions
of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest,
southeast, and west central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3262 8509 3264 8508 3264 8510 3266 8509
3269 8512 3272 8512 3274 8511 3275 8514
3276 8514 3277 8512 3278 8513 3316 8468
3298 8430 3240 8498 3242 8496 3244 8497
3245 8500 3251 8500 3254 8502 3258 8507
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:14 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 89 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 10:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 11:11 AM EDT | Hurricane Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 27 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:11 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 4:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 3 days |
| Sep 25, 4:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 4 days |
| Sep 25, 4:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 71 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 3 days |
| Sep 25, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 28 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.