Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT for Floyd 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
- May 3, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 032241 FFWFFC GAC115-040130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 637 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COOSA TO NEAR CAVE SPRING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG BIG CEDAR AND LITTLE CEDAR CREEKS AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 730 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3429 8546 3410 8540 3410 8516 3430 8531 IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 032356 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 748 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 GAC115-040130- FLOYD GA- 748 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY... AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE RAIN ENDING OVER WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY IN THE CEDAR CREEK BASIN NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF CAVE SPRING. CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AND FORESTLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH 930 PM EDT. BIG CEDAR AND LITTLE CEDAR CREEKS AS WELL AS LAKE CREEK AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY ARE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED. MOTORISTS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 411 BETWEEN CAVE SPRING AND LINDALE AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 100 BETWEEN CAVE SPRING AND COOSA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PEACHTREE CITY. LAT...LON 3429 8546 3410 8540 3410 8516 3430 8531 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 040127 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 921 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 GAC115-040131- FLOYD GA- 921 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA OF CONCERN IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT HAD HIGH WATER FROM RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE RECEDING. MOTORISTS AND OTHERS IN THE CEDAR CREEK AREA NEAR CAVE SPRINGS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADS AND HIGH...FAST RUNNING WATER IN CREEKS THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3429 8546 3410 8540 3410 8516 3430 8531 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 30 min |
| May 3, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 30 min |
| May 3, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.