Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2004, 11:46 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2004, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2004, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 180354 FFWATL GAC157-180545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1146 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 145 AM EDT * AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE HALL COUNTY LINE NEAR TALMO OR NORTHWEST OF PENDERGRASS. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THAT AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG POND FORK AND ALLEN CREEK MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 129... ALONG FORK CHURCH ROAD AND LIPSCOMB LAKE ROAD. 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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS... CREEKS...AND ROADS IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE OR MAJOR INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THREAT TO LIFE IS ELEVATED. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3417 8377 3414 8369 3424 8355 3430 8362 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 180612 FFSATL GAC157-180630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 150 AM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND REDEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...OR ROADWAYS HAS DIMINISHED. LAT...LON 3428 8347 3410 8330 3405 8363 3420 8377 $$
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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.