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Flood Watch 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 10, 202424 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Apr 10, 2024, 1:08 PM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 10, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2024, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2024, 2:58 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 24 counties

Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.