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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 12:24 AM 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 7, 2005, 12:24 AM EDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 3:00 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 070426
FFWFFC
GAC089-121-071024-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1224 AM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEACHTREE CREEK IN...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PEACHTREE CREEK IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.
* FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST STAGE WAS 18.6 FEET AT 12 AM THURSDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
THE FORECAST FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 19.0 FEET AROUND 1 AM THURSDAY.
THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS...
CREEKS...AND ROADS IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE TO MAJOR
INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THREAT TO LIFE
IS ELEVATED.
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 3393 8421 3382 8421 3378 8447 3384 8445
$$
KDF3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070526 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 125 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAC089-121-070415- DEKALB-FULTON- 125 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY AND APPROACHING SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE PEACHTREE CREEK BASIN IN FULTON COUNTY AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 19 FEET AT 1 AM WHICH IS MODERATE FLOODING AND THE CREEK APPEARS TO BE CRESTING. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET AND PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 300 AM THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070527 CCA FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 125 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAC089-121-070700- DEKALB-FULTON- 125 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY AND APPROACHING SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 19 FEET AT 1 AM WHICH IS MODERATE FLOODING AND THE CREEK APPEARS TO BE CRESTING. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET AND PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 300 AM THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 070653 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 250 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAC089-121-070800- DEKALB-FULTON- 250 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM... AT 245 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS OVER FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES...MOVING TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE PEACHTREE CREEK BASIN IN FULTON COUNTY AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF PEACHTREE CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 18.9 FEET AT 2 AM AND WAS SLOWLY FALLING. PEACHTREE CREEK CRESTED AT 19.1 FEET AT 115 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET AND PEACHTREE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 400 AM THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3391 8442 3360 8451 3366 8418 3383 8414 $$ 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 | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.