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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2007, 6:18 AM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2007, 6:18 AM EDT (10:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Dalton, GA | WARING RD OFF HWY 71 AND WILLOWDALE RD OFF HWY 41 CLOSED DUE TO PONDING OF WATER OVER ROADWAY. |
| Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nnw Eton, GA | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 225N NEAR NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 141019 FFWFFC GAC213-313-141315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 618 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 618 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMAC...DAWNVILLE...ETON...CRANDALL AND GREGORY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED ARE AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3499 8489 3499 8462 3479 8470 3480 8503 TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 180DEG 0KT 3488 8480 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 141319 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 918 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 GAC213-313-141330- WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA- 918 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED AT 915 AM EDT FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES... RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF IN THE WARNED AREA AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE RECEDING LATER THIS MORNING. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR RUNNING WATER. IF YOU SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3499 8489 3499 8462 3479 8470 3480 8503 TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 180DEG 0KT 3488 8480 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
| Sep 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 12 min |
| Sep 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 25 min |
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 46 min |
| Sep 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 34 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.