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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 23, 2006DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

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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.