Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jan 2, 2006, 8:48 AM EST (13:48 UTC)

Expired

Jan 2, 2006, 11:45 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KFFC 021354
FFWFFC
GAC121-135-021645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
848 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST

* AT 842 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR NORCROSS. THE 
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN CROOKED CREEK ON THE FULTON AND 
GWINNETT COUNTY LINE AT SPALDING DRIVE. THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET 
AT 830 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO RISE 
AROUND ANOTHER FOOT DURING THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE FALLING QUICKLY BY 
NOON.

LAT...LON 3402 8434 3388 8421 3394 8408 3413 8428

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

000 
WGUS72 KFFC 021540
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1033 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

GAC121-135-021645-
GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
1033 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND WEST CENTRAL GWINNETT COUNTIES...

AT 1032 AM EST...WATER LEVELS WERE FALLING ON CROOKED CREEK...WITH 
THE CREEK AT 8.2 FEET AT 1015 AM. CROOKED CREEK REACHED FLOOD STAGE 
OF 9 FEET AROUND 840 AM AND CRESTED AT 9.69 FEET AROUND 915 AM. 
ALTHOUGH THE CROOKED CREEK AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS IN THE AREA MAY BE 
FALLING...THE AREAS AROUND THESE CREEKS ARE STILL DANGEROUS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... 
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 
LYING SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW AREAS. NEVER TRY 
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE 
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3402 8434 3387 8422 3394 8408 3413 8428

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.