Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 1994, 4:58 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1994, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1994, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 180901 FFWATL GAC089-121-181200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 445 AM EDT THE READING ON PEACHTREE CREEK AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE WAS 15.6 FEET. FLOOD STAGE ON THE CREEK IS 17 FEET. DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST BETWEEN 17 AND 18 FEET AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING. AT 17 FEET...WOODWARD WAY BECOMES IMPASSABLE AND FLOODING BEGINS IN YARDS OF THE HOMES ON HANOVER WEST DRIVE AND WOODWARD WAY. AT 18 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO ENTER HOMES ON HANOVER WEST DRIVE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. RESIDENTS NEAR PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB AND FULTON COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION OF THE CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLpOW ITS BANKS.
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
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ079-080-089>092-102-103-120>122-142-180745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 144 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN FORT BENNING AND CUSSETA IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY AND ALSO IN NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ079-080-089>092-102-103-120>122-142-180745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 144 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN FORT BENNING AND CUSSETA IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY AND ALSO IN NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 255 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 ATHENS RADAR AT 252 AM EDT SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN THE COUNTIES OF NEWTON...WALTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS CONTAIN SOME DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LAGRANGE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY ON THE WET ROADWAYS DUE TO THE PONDING OF WATER WHICH MAY CAUSE HYDROPLANING. ELSEWHERE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IS OCCURRING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND SOME SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 255 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 ATHENS RADAR AT 252 AM EDT SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN THE COUNTIES OF NEWTON...WALTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS CONTAIN SOME DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LAGRANGE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY ON THE WET ROADWAYS DUE TO THE PONDING OF WATER WHICH MAY CAUSE HYDROPLANING. ELSEWHERE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IS OCCURRING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND SOME SHOWEzRS ARE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ092-093-104-123>127-142>145-180935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 334 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 AT 330 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM MACON GEORGIA...SOUTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
GAZ092-093-104-123>127-142>145-180935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 334 AM EDT SUN SEP 18 1994 AT 330 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM MACON GEORGIA...SOUTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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.