Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2004, 8:37 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2004, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2004, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartow County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 170038
FFWATL
GAC015-055-083-115-129-295-170545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.
LAT...LON 3414 8538 3417 8466 3456 8472 3458 8515
3498 8532 3496 8555 3448 8548
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.