Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2004, 11:15 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2004, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 170321
FFWATL
GAC311-170915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1115 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CHATTAHOCHEE RIVER AT HELEN IN...
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT
* FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR HELEN...
THE LATEST STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET AT 10 PM THURSDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
THE FORECAST FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR HELEN...
THE RIVER WILL CREST BETWEEN 7 AND 8 FEET AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MIDDAY FRIDAY.
AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOR OF RED BRICK HOUSES WHICH ARE LOCATED DOWN
STREAM ON LEFT BANK WILL FLOOD. FLOOR OF HELENDORF MOTEL DOWN STREAM
ON RIGHT BANK IS ALSO AT AN ELEVATION OF 8 FEET.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3455 8384 3454 8366 3477 8367 3476 8380
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, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker | 5 hr |
| 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 17, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.