Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 6, 2004, 8:29 AM EST for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 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
- Feb 6, 2004, 8:29 AM EST (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2004, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gilmer County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 690 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 793 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KFFC 061329
FFWATL
GAC123-061630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
829 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1130 AM EST
* AT 825 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIJAY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO
FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS
AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS...
CREEKS...AND ROADS IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE OR MAJOR
INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THREAT TO LIFE
IS ELEVATED.
YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3486 8463 3482 8459 3475 8463 3469 8465
3455 8466 3455 8440 3457 8426 3463 8419
3467 8426 3471 8425 3479 8430 3484 8436
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 5:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 hr |
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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.