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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2005, 8:08 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 9, 2005, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2005, 11:00 PM 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 00:10 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 100010
FFWFFC
GAC089-121-100608-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
808 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NANCY CREEK IN...
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NANCY CREEK IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.
* FOR THE NANCY CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET AT 8 PM SATURDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
THE FORECAST FOR THE NANCY CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 PM SATURDAY.
THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR 11.5 FEET AROUND 930 PM SATURDAY.
THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 11 PM SATURDAY.
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 3386 8446 3383 8442 3391 8425 3395 8429
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 100135
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
933 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
GAC089-121-100333-
933 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NANCY CREEK...
FOR THE NANCY CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
THE LATEST STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET AT 9 PM SATURDAY.
THE CREEK CRESTED AT 8.7 FEET AROUND 8 PM SATURDAY.
THE FORECAST FOR THE NANCY CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...
THE CREEK WILL REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 13 min |
| Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 103 min |
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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.