Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 161912
FFWATL
GAC097-143-223-162315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
311 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WINSTON MOVING NORTH AT 60 
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MIDWAY...LITHIA SPRINGS...HIRAM...DRAKETOWN...DALLAS...CHAPEL
  HILL...BUDAPEST...BUCHANAN AND BREMEN.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CARROLL AND 
COWETA COUNTY AND THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH 
DOUGLAS...PAULDING AND HARALSON COUNTIES. EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF 
RAIN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

ALL CREEKS AND ROADS WILL BE AFFECTED IN THESE COUNTIES

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3365 8490 3377 8489 3382 8503 3381 8505
      3371 8505 3370 8508 3372 8533 3406 8485
      3389 8472 3381 8472 3380 8466 3375 8462
      3364 8477

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.