Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton 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 27, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2004, 11:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 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 272216
FFWATL
GAC089-121-280350-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEACHTREE CREEK IN...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1150 PM EDT
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SINCE 2 PM...
RESULTING IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO REACH TO NEAR BANKFULL.
* FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET AT 6 PM MONDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
THE FORECAST FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 17 FEET AROUND 10 PM MONDAY.
AT 15 FEET...ATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK STARTS TO HAVE HIGH WATER.
WOODWARD WAY BEGINS TO FLOOD.
AT 13 FEET...BOBBY JONES GULF COURSE BEGINS TO FLOOD AND BANKFULL
LEVELS ARE REACHED.
PROCTOR CREEK...NANCY CREEK...AND OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
ATLANTA AREA WILL REACH TO NEAR BANKFULL.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 HIGH GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS...
CREEKS...AND ROADS IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE TO MAJOR
INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THREAT TO LIFE
IS ELEVATED.
YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3393 8421 3382 8421 3378 8447 3384 8445
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 4:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 26 min |
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.