Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 31, 2005, 9:36 AM EST (14:36 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2005, 3:30 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 311441
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GAC013-035-045-063-067-077-089-097-113-121-135-151-159-171-207-211-
217-219-231-247-255-263-293-297-312030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
936 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 930 AM EST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS WEST INTO 
EASTERN ALABAMA AND WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE SAME AREA FOR THE 
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3402 8348 3369 8341 3348 8328 3345 8354
      3322 8357 3313 8381 3293 8376 3285 8411
      3275 8430 3260 8439 3260 8468 3286 8450
      3322 8447 3323 8484 3340 8499 3365 8532
      3376 8476 3400 8433 3411 8393

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

$$
KDF

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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.