Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2004, 3:32 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2004, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 181934 FFWATL GAC295-182130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 332 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHICKAMAUGA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * CREEKS EFFECTED INCLUDE WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK...HALL BRANCH CREEK ...AND BORTHERTON CREEK. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THIS AREA THROUGH 5 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 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 3479 8544 3475 8536 3483 8521 3493 8533 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 182011 FFSATL GAC295-182130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 408 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALKER COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK AREA WEST OF ROCK SPRINGS. CREEKS EFFECTED INCLUDE WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK...HALL BRANCH CREEK ...AND BORTHERTON CREEK. RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED SOME...BUT AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3479 8544 3475 8536 3483 8521 3493 8533 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 24 min |
| May 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 31 min |
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.