Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1993, 6:57 AM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:57 AM EDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 141100 FFWATL GAC121-141200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 657 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 6:50 AM THIS MORNING PEACHTREE CREEK WAS AT A STAGE OF 16.3 FEET AND RISING. IT SHOULD PEAK AT 18 FEET WITHIN ONE HOUR. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. AT 17 FEET WOODWARD WAY BECOMES IMPASSIBLE. AT 18 FEET WATER MAY BEGIN TO ENTER HOMES ON WEST NANCY CREEK ROAD AND HANOVER WEST DRIVE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 500 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 COUNTY..... CARROLL SOURCE..... CARROLL COUNTY STATE POLICE TYPE....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL TIME....... 345 TO 415 AM LOCATION... VILLA RICA DAMAGE..... UNKNOWN BDL
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 500 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 COUNTY..... CARROLL SOURCE..... CARROLL COUNTY STATE POLICE TYPE....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL :TIME....... 345 TO 415 AM LOCATION... VILLA RICA DAMAGE..... UNKNOWN BDL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
GAZ003-131300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ATLANTA METRO AREA... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH OVER THE ATLANTA METRO AREA HAS CAUSED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. AT 540 AM THE CNN CENTER REPORTED 2.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS LIKELY CAUSED LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY DIFFCULT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END IN THE NEXT HOUR ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN OFF THE STREETS MAKING TRAVEL EASIER. BDL THREATEN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ003-131300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ATLANTA METRO AREA... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH OVER THE ATLANTA METRO AREA HAS CAUSED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. AT 540 AM THE CNN CENTER REPORTED 2.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS LIKELY CAUSED LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY DIFFCULT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END IN THE NEXT HOUR ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN OFF THE STREETS MAKING TRAVEL EASIER. BDL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:00 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ003-131300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 AM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ATLANTA METRO AREA... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH OVER THE ATLANTA METRO AREA HAS CAUSED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. AT 540 AM THE CNN CENTER REPORTED 2.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS LIKELY CAUSED LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY DIFFCULT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL END IN THE NEXT HOUR ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN OFF THE STREETS MAKING TRAVEL EASIER. BDL THREATEN YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.