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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2004, 9:40 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, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2004, 4:00 AM 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 01:39 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 00:00Z, 1.7 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 280145
FFWATL
GAC089-121-280800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
940 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS UPGRADED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO MAJOR FLOODING...
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEACHTREE CREEK IN...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE CITY OF ATLANTA SINCE 2 PM WITH
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 20.5 FEET AT 930 PM MONDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET.
THE FORECAST FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
THE CREEK WILL CREST BETWEEN 22 AND 23 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT.
THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 4 AM TUESDAY.
AT 21 FEET...MAJOR AND SERIOUS FLOODING BEGINS. WATER RISES TO THE
UNDERSPOUTS OF THE NORTHSIDE DRIVE BRIDGE. PEOPLE WILL NEED TO BE
EVACUATED FROM PEACHTREE PARK APARTMENTS.
IN ADDITION THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES NANCY AND PROCTOR
CREEKS.
FOR NANCY CREEK...THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 13 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT.
FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. AT 13 FEET...SEVERAL HOMES BEGIN TO FLOOD
ALONG RICKENBACKER WAY.
FOR PROCTOR CREEK...THE CREEK IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 13 FEET
AROUND 10 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS NEAR GROVE PARK AND
HORTENSE PLACE NORTHWEST.
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
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 280348 FFSATL GAC089-121-280800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1142 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED. FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK...THE CREEK APPEARS TO HAVE CREST JUST BELOW 21 FEET. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 4 AM TUESDAY. THIS WAS THE SECOND MAJOR FLOOD EVENT IN JUST ABOUT A WEEK. THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED IN OBSERVED HISTORY FOR THE NANCY CREEK...THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 13 FEET BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM EDT TUESDAY. IT SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BEFORE 4 AM AS WELL. FOR PROCTOR CREEK...THE CREEK CRESTED NEAR 12 FEET AND HAS ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3393 8421 3382 8421 3378 8447 3384 8445 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 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.