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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2004Fannin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT for Fannin 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
Jul 14, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fannin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KFFC 142129
FFWATL
GAC111-150030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES
  EAST OF CHATSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EPWORTH AND MCCAYSVILLE

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED. EXPECT FLOODING OF SMALL 
STREAM AND CREEKS IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS

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 3499 8436 3499 8455 3478 8429 3474 8414

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker24 min
Jul 14, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Murray, Whitfield49 min
Jul 14, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker27 min
Jul 14, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Gilmer, Gordon50 min
Jul 14, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union46 min
Jul 14, 1:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer27 min
Jul 14, 1:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin, Pickens46 min
Jul 14, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee45 min
Jul 14, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding, Polk38 min
Jul 14, 1:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson35 min
Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin36 min
Jul 14, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns25 min
Jul 14, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin40 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFannin47 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield33 min
Jul 14, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer26 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer46 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Union42 min
Jul 14, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens51 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall41 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth32 min
Jul 14, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee29 min
Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPickens23 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson49 min
Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee46 min
Jul 14, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson64 min
Jul 14, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth23 min
Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton47 min
Jul 14, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton36 min
Jul 14, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth28 min
Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Walton51 min
Jul 14, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan41 min
Jul 14, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee35 min
Jul 14, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett63 min
Jul 14, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton31 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth35 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene62 min
Jul 14, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard29 min
Jul 14, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan46 min
Jul 14, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale41 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.