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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2024, 3:18 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Mar 9, 2024, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2024, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 4:45 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Cordele, GA | Local emergency management reports numerous issues with flooded roadways in and around the city of Cordele. |
| Mar 9, 5:15 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Cordele, GA | Corrects previous flash flood report from 1 NW Cordele. Half a dozen residents on the 400 block of W 7th Ave trapped in their homes by flood waters. Water up to car doors. |
| Mar 9, 5:15 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Cordele, GA | Half a dozen residents on the 400 block of W 7th Ave trapped in their homes by flood waters. Water up to car windows. |
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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 932 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
988
WGUS52 KFFC 090818
FFWFFC
GAC081-093-259-261-307-091430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.240309T0818Z-240309T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
318 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Crisp County in central Georgia...
Dooly County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Stewart County in west central Georgia...
Sumter County in west central Georgia...
Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 930 AM EST Saturday.
* At 318 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 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...
Americus, Cordele, Vienna, Preston, Unadilla, Richland, Plains,
Arabi, Byromville, Pinehurst, Leslie, Andersonville, Lilly, De
Soto, Dooling, Desoto, Weston, Cobb, Sumter and Lamar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 8464 3216 8435 3216 8418 3223 8417
3223 8414 3219 8413 3217 8403 3229 8388
3228 8373 3202 8376 3180 8370 3180 8380
3185 8394 3190 8393 3191 8392 3192 8434
3187 8434 3197 8444 3192 8445 3192 8490
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
665
WGUS72 KFFC 091431
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
931 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
GAC081-093-259-261-307-091441-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240309T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Stewart GA-Sumter GA-Webster GA-
931 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CRISP, DOOLY, SOUTHEASTERN
STEWART, SUMTER AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Continue to heed warnings from local
officials and the National Weather Service regarding the ongoing
flooding of rivers, creeks, and streams.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EST Saturday for
portions of central, east central, and west central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 8464 3216 8435 3216 8418 3223 8417
3223 8414 3219 8413 3217 8403 3229 8388
3228 8373 3202 8376 3180 8370 3180 8380
3185 8394 3190 8393 3191 8392 3192 8434
3187 8434 3197 8444 3192 8445 3192 8490
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 118 min |
| Mar 8, 11:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 12:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach, Schley and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 1:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 2:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter, Webster | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 9 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Pulaski, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 3:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 4:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 4:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 25 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 6:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 28 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 22 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 8:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 9:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly | 22 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 6 days |
| Mar 9, 2:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 2:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 5 days |
| Mar 9, 2:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 68 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:05 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 64 hr |
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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.