Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 1996, 3:00 PM EST for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 1996, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 1996, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 022002 RRA FFWATL GAC063-067-089-121-135-022200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...COBB COUNTY...DE KALB COUNTY ...FULTON COUNTY...GWINNETT COUNTY ...VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE CONTINUED OVER ATLANTA SINCE THIS MORNING AND HAVE CAUSED CREEKS AND LOW TO BECOME FLOODED... ...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA CREEKS OF ATLANTA WHICH INCLUDES SOPE CREEK...BIG CREEEK...SUWANNEE CREEK...AND PEACHTREE CREEK... SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING ALMOST 1.5 INCHES HAS FALL OVER THE METRO AREA OF ATLANTA. FOR EXAMPLE AT BISTY GRANT PARK IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY ABOUT 1.5 HAS FALLEN WITH OVER 2 INCHES DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. ATLANTA AIRPORT AND AT PEACHTREE DE KALB AIRPORT AOUBT 1 INCHES HAS REPORTED WITH STORM TOTALS OF NEAR 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. AS A RESUTL OF THE HEAVY RAINS AND EXTREMELY WET GROUND...FLOODING HAS DEVELOPED ON MOST OF THE CREEKS AROUND ATLANTA. AT BIG CREEK IN ALPHARETTA THE STAGE AT 130 PM WAS 7.6 FEET. BANKFUL IS 7 FEET. BIG CREEK WILL LIKELY CREST BETWEEN 9 AND 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT. ON PEACHTREE CREEK AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY THE READING AT 130 PM WAS 15.1 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. PEACHTREE IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE BY AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE STAGE COULD RISE HIGHER WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ON SUWANNEE CREEK THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. BANKFULL IS 7 FEET. THE CREEK SHOULD RISE TO BETWEEN 8 AND 9 FEET BY TONIGHT AND REMAIN NEAR THAT LEVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ONE OF THE AREA CREEKS...YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM AND KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN THESE CREEKS. THESE STREAM TRAVEL FAST AND CONTAIN LOTS OF TRASH. 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. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, Feb 2, 12:02 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-021915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1205 AM EST FRI FEB 2 1
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 12:02 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-021915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1205 AM EST FRI FEB 2 1
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 12:04 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1205 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE ATLANTA METRO AREA THROUGH 1PM THIS AFTERNOON... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AND WILL SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH OVER NORTH GEORGIA INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY... MAKING TRAVEL VERY TREACHOUS. ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH OF ICE AND GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHEASTWARD. OTHER AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA WILL SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN AS WELL... BUT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES SINK SOUTHWARD... REACHING THE ATLANTA METRO AREA EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER... PERIODS OF RAIN... SOME BEING HEAVY WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OVER THE ATLANTA METRO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AS THEY ARE NEAR BANKFULL. RESIDENTS NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOUTH GEORGIA HAS BEEN SPARED OF THE FREEZING CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAIN SO FAR... HOWEVER A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 400PM THIS EVENING. LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA... BUT MOST AREAS WERE EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURES. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A>N INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA. END/BDG CORRECTED TIME IN HEADER
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 12:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1205 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE ATLANTA METRO AREA THROUGH 1PM THIS AFTERNOON... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AND WILL SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH OVER NORTH GEORGIA INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY... MAKING TRAVEL VERY TREACHOUS. ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH OF ICE AND GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHEASTWARD. OTHER AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA WILL SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN AS WELL... BUT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES SINK SOUTHWARD... REACHING THE ATLANTA METRO AREA EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER... PERIODS OF RAIN... SOME BEING HEAVY WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OVER THE ATLANTA METRO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AS THEY ARE NEAR BANKFULL. RESIDENTS NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOUTH GEORGIA HAS BEEN SPARED OF THE FREEZING CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAIN SO FAR... HOWEVER A TORNDAO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 400PM THIS EVENING. LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA... BUT MOST AREAS WERE EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURES. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING AN INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA. END/BDG CORRECTED TIME IN HEADER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 2 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.