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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2005, 9:08 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton 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 6, 2005, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 684 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 980 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 070108 FFWFFC GAC089-121-070415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 908 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT * AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DRUID HILLS TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF COLLEGE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DRUID HILLS TO 10 MILES WEST OF EXPERIMENT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNER FIELD...TUCKER...STONE MOUNTAIN...REDAN...PIEDMONT PARK... PANTHERSVILLE...HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CLARKSTON... AVONDALE ESTATES AND ATLANTA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. $$ KDF
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070151 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 948 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 948 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 948 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLEGE PARK...OR ABOUT NEAR ATLANTA HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...PANTHERSVILLE...REDAN...TURNER FIELD... ATLANTA...AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...PIEDMONT PARK... STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON AND TUCKER. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN PROCTOR CREEK WITH A STAGE READING OF 12.5 FEET AT 930 PM. PROCTOR CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 14 FEET BY 11 PM. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070215 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST POINT...OR ABOUT NEAR ATLANTA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...PIEDMONT PARK...STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON AND TUCKER. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE WATER WILL MERGE AT PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR THE FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTY AND CAUSE FLOODING. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 15.6 FEET AT 10 PM AND RISING RAPIDLY. PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 18 FEET AROUND 130 AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070227 CCA FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST POINT...OR ABOUT NEAR ATLANTA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...PIEDMONT PARK...STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON AND TUCKER. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE WATER WILL MERGE AT PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR THE FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTY LINE AND CAUSE FLOODING. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 15.6 FEET AT 10 PM AND RISING RAPIDLY. PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 18 FEET AROUND 130 AM ON THURSDAY MORNING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070237 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1034 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 1034 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MABLETON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN NANCY CREEK WITH A RIVER STAGE READING OF 7.4 FEET AT 1015 PM. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. NANCY CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 13 FEET AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY MORNING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070253 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1050 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 1050 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 1045 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...PANTHERSVILLE...REDAN...TURNER FIELD... ATLANTA...AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...PIEDMONT PARK... STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON AND TUCKER. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE MOVING DOWN PROCTOR CREEK WITH A STAGE READING OF 13.4 FEET AT 1015 PM. PROCTOR CREEK IS NOW IN MODERATE FLOOD AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 14 FEET AROUND 11 PM. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070331 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1125 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 1125 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 1120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...PIEDMONT PARK...STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON AND TUCKER. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE PEACHTREE CREEK BASIN IN FULTON COUNTY AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 17.8 FEET AT 11 PM AND STILL SLOWLY RISING. MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET AND PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 18.5 FEET AROUND 130 AM ON THURSDAY MORNING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 9:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 18 min |
| Jul 7, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Madison | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.