Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 9:57 PM EST (02:57 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 1990, 3:00 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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GAC067-089-097-121-170800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
957 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
          ...COBB...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FULTON
 
THIS WARNING IS TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ATLANTA
METRO AREA.
 
AT 10 PM EST... THE STAGE ON PEACHTREE CREEK AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE WAS
16.0 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY. MODERATE RAIN HAS BEEN CONTINUING IN
THE ATLANTA AREA AND A CREST OF 17 TO 18 FEET IS FORECAST ON
PEACHTREE CREEK LATE TONIGHT. FLOOD STAGE AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE IS 17
FEET AND THIS CREST WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF PARTS OF THE BOBBY JONES
GOLF COURSE AS WELL AS WOODWARD WAY AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
PEACHTREE CREEK.
 
FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER... SOPE
CREEK... SWEETWATER CREEK... AND NANCY CREEK IN THE ATLANTA AREA
AS WELL AS MANY SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS
FOR SPECIFIC FORECASTS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AND SWEETWATER
CREEK.
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.