Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2004, 12:39 AM EDT for Cobb 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
- Jun 14, 2004, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2004, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cobb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 140443
FFWATL
GAC067-150800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1239 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER NORTH COBB COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURED AND AN ADDITIONAL
INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.
* FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA...
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST STAGE...WAS 9.8 FEET AT 12 AM MONDAY.
FLOOD STAGE...IS 12.0 FEET.
THE FORECAST...FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA...
THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM.
THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 12.1 FEET AROUND 3 AM MONDAY.
THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 4 AM.
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.
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 3394 8474 3381 8459 3399 8439 3410 8453
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 140542 FFSATL GAC067-140550- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 140 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOPE CREEK IN COBB COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED INTO SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. SOPE CREEK CRESTED AROUND 11.1 FEET AT 1245 AM EDT. THIS IS BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE CREEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL...BUT THERE MAY STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER ON ROADS FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. $$
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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.