Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 8:37 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2005, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2005, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Canton, GA | LOCAL POLICE CLOSED SIX STREETS IN DOWNTOWN CANTON DUE TO FLOODING. WATER UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP FLOWED INTO A RESTAURANT AND CAUSED DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 150046 FFWFFC GAC057-150330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 837 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE ALLATOONA THROUGH CANTON TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF BALL GROUND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SITUATED ALONG THE ETOWAH RIVER AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 8 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN ALL CREEKS FEEDING DIRECTLY INTO THE ETOWAH RIVER...ESPECIALLY SHOAL CREEK...SMITHWICK CREEK...AND CANTON CREEK. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANTON AND BUFFINGTON. 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 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. LAT...LON 3438 8427 3425 8465 3413 8465 3427 8426 IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 150159 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 954 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAC057-150330- CHEROKEE- 954 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL ENDING ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT SOME 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AREAS NEAR THE ETOWAH RIVER IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT 90 MINUTES. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING...RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS IN SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO CONTINUE RISING THROUGH AROUND 11 PM. SOME COUNTY ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3438 8427 3425 8465 3413 8465 3427 8426 $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.