Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 161945
FFWATL
GAC063-113-121-162245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR        
  PEACHTREE CITY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
  CITY...TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...RIVERDALE...PALMETTO...MORROW...
  KENWOOD...JONESBORO...FOREST PARK...FAYETTEVILLE...FAIRBURN...
  COLLEGE PARK AND ATLANTA HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT.

EXPECT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS.

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 3333 8458 3336 8441 3362 8431 3366 8475

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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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.