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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2006, 1:05 PM EST 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
- Jan 23, 2006, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2006, 4:00 PM EST
- 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 231810 FFWFFC GAC089-121-232100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 105 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006 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 400 PM EST * AT 1253 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE CROOKED CREEK 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORCROSS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A FEW HOURS IN THIS URBANIZED AREA WAS PRODUCING RAPID RUNOFF TO FORCE CROOKED CREEK OUT OF IT BANKS. THE RIVER STAGE ON SPALDING DRIVE WAS AT 7.8 FEET AT 1255 PM EST AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 130 PM EST AND PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. LAT...LON 3408 8438 3382 8433 3381 8420 3409 8425 IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. $$ KDF
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 231910 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 208 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006 GAC089-121-232100- DEKALB GA-FULTON GA- 208 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FULTON AND NORTH DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 143 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO ESTIMATE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A FEW HOURS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL FULTON AND NORTH DEKALB COUNTIES. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE CROOKED CREEK TOWARD THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE RIVER STAGE READING ON SPALDING DRIVE WAS 10.4 FEET AT 145 PM EST AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE CREEK WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 2 HOURS. ALSO THE PROCTOR CREEK IN WEST ATLANTA WAS RISING AND COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE RIVER STAGE ON HORTENSE WAY WAS TO 9.2 FEET AT 145 PM EST. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. LAT...LON 3408 8438 3374 8448 3383 8426 3409 8425 $$ KDF
000 WGUS72 KFFC 232022 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 318 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006 GAC089-121-232100- DEKALB GA-FULTON GA- 318 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL FULTON AND NORTH DEKALB COUNTIES... AT 310 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A FEW HOURS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL FULTON AND NORTH DEKALB COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE CROOKED CREEK TOWARD THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE RIVER STAGE READING ON SPALDING DRIVE WAS 10.6 FEET AT 245 PM EST AND CRESTING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE CREEK WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE NORTH FORK PEACHTREEK CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY HAS RISEN TO 10.1 FEET AT 300 PM EST AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ALSO THE PEACHTREE CREEK IN FULTON COUNTY WAS RISING. THE RIVER STAGE READING AT NORTHSIDE DRIVE WAS 12.3 FEET AT 300 PM EST AND RISING. PEACHTREE CREEK SHOULD RISE TO NEAR 14.0 FEET AROUND 5 PM EST WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING ON WOODWARD WAY IN LOW AREAS NEAR DRAINS. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. LAT...LON 3408 8438 3374 8448 3383 8426 3409 8425 $$ KDF
Nearby
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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.