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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2007, 7:12 AM EDT for Fannin 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2007, 7:12 AM EDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 141113
FFWFFC
GAC111-141415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
712 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 712 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM TRAINING
ACROSS NORTH FANNIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED ARE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OASIS...EPWORTH...MCCAYSVILLE AND BLUE RIDGE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST FANNIN
COUNTY AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH
FANNIN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND 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 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 3485 8446 3485 8447 3485 8461 3486 8462
3490 8462 3499 8461 3500 8421 3486 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 260DEG 14KT 3493 8448
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 141407
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1007 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
GAC111-141430-
FANNIN GA-
1007 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 AM EDT FOR FANNIN
COUNTY...
RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF IN THE WARNED AREA AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING HAS ENDED. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE RECEDING LATER THIS MORNING.
DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR RUNNING WATER.
IF YOU SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3485 8446 3485 8447 3485 8461 3486 8462
3490 8462 3499 8461 3500 8421 3486 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 260DEG 14KT 3456 8356
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.