Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 25, 2008, 4:44 AM EDT for 74 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 25, 2008, 10:49 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2008, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2008, 10:49 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 74 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS62 KFFC 250844 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 444 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>034-041>045-052>055-066-067-078- 089-251645- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0001.080825T2000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...COLUMBUS 444 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...HAS ALREADY TURNED BACK TO THE NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE BY WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL PUT NORTH GEORGIA IN THE VERY WET RIGHT QUADRANT OF THIS SYSTEM. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY IN EVIDENCE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND SPIRAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND THESE WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY...AND FURTHER NORTH BY EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN...POSSIBLY IN IS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$ 19
9 follow-up statements
000 WGUS62 KFFC 251345 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 945 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>034-041>045-052>055-066-067-078- 089-252145- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.080825T2000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...COLUMBUS 945 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN...POSSIBLY IN AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 251449 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1049 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ024-025-027-035>037-046>048-056-057-068-252300- /O.EXA.KFFC.FF.A.0001.080825T2000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON- SPALDING-HENRY-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...GRIFFIN 1049 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN... POSSIBLY IN AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>034-041>045-052>055-066-067-078- 089-252300- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.080825T2000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-HARRIS-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...COLUMBUS 1049 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN... POSSIBLY IN AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 252025 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 425 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ038-049-050-058>060-069>072-079>082-090>095-102>106-260430- /O.EXA.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OGLETHORPE-MORGAN-GREENE-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE- JONES-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN... AMERICUS...CORDELE 425 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN... POSSIBLY IN AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>057-066>068- 078-089-260430- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-HARRIS- MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...COLUMBUS 425 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN... POSSIBLY IN AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 252037 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>050-052>060-066>072- 078>082-089>095-102>106-260445- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER- PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE 437 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO MACON TO CRAWFORD. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH FAY CONTINUES TO AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 260330 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>050-052>060-066>072- 078>082-089>095-102>106-261130- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER- PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE 1130 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO MACON TO CRAWFORD. * THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH FAY CONTINUES TO AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * RAINFALL UP TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 260841 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 441 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>050-052>060-066>072- 078>082-089>095-102>106-261645- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER- PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE 441 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHEAST TODAY AND SHOULD BE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN MOVE FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY THURSDAY. OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING FROM THE WEST AT THAT TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD. HOWEVER...THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 85. THE RAINFALL CORE...ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FAY...WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR 4-5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO FALL IN THESE AREAS BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL OCCUR ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. * PREDICTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4-5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL ESPECIALLY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN AREA OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS... AND WARNINGS. $$ 19
000 WGUS62 KFFC 261600 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>050-052>060-066>072- 078>082-089>095-102>106-270000- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER- PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE 1200 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH OF A CORDELE TO MACON TO CRAWFORD LINE. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED IN NORTHCENTRAL ALABAMA AT MIDDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DECREASING FROM THE WEST...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAY FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. * PREDICTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN AREA OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 262021 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ001>005-007-011>014-019>022-030>034-041>050-052>060-066>072- 078>082-089>095-102>106-262130- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-GILMER-CHATTOOGA-GORDON- PICKENS-DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-STEWART- WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE... EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 421 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL HAS DIMINISHED. $$ GAZ006-008-009-015-016-023>025-027-035>038-270000- /O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATHENS 421 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM FANNIN COUNTY TO HALL COUNTY TO CLARKE AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES EAST. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS62 KFFC 262342 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 742 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-023>025-027-035>038-270045- /O.EXP.KFFC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATHENS 742 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED OR WILL BE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE THREAT FOR ANY MORE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ENDING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 25, 4:29 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 4:29 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 429 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... T.D. FAY REMAINS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM...AND THERE ARE SOME BIG CONCERNS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FLASH FLOODING/FLOODING AND TORNADOES. SUNDAY AFTERNOON WAS JUST A PRELUDE OF THINGS TO COME...AS MON EVENING/NIGHT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE MUCH WORSE WITH THUNDERSTORMS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. MODELS FINALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND WHAT THE GFS HAS MORE OR LESS INDICATED ALL ALONG THAT FAY WILL TAKE THE TURN TO THE NE TODAY FROM ITS CURRENT POSITION NEAR BTR...TO NEAR BHM BY TONIGHT...THEN TO BETWEEN BNA AND CSV BY WED AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY...THIS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED LOOKING AT THE LATEST SATELLITE LOOP. THIS WILL PUT OUR CWA IN THE ACTIVE AND WET RIGHT QUADRANT OF THE STORM. MAIN CONCERNS ARE FLASH FLOODING AND TORNADOES. BOTH ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED BELOW. FOR THE FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD THREAT...STRONG FEEDER BANDS WILL GIN UP RATHER QUICKLY ACROSS AL AND W GA BY 18Z...IF NOT SOONER. DAYTIME HEATING WILL SIMPLY INCREASE THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SUCH. FORTUNATELY...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST TO AFFECT AREAS WHICH HAVE SEEN THE LEAST SO FAR. PREVIOUS RAINFALL OF 3+ INCHES IN THE SW...TO 1-2 INCHES ATL METRO AREA...TO 1 INCH OR LESS NORTHERN AREAS. CURRENT HPC QPF SHOWS UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NW/NC GA COUNTIES THROUGH WED...WITH GFS SHOWING SIMILAR OR HIGHER AMOUNTS. HPC HAS OUTLOOKED ROUGHLY THE NW HALF OF THE CWA FOR EXCESSIVE DAY 1 RAINFALL. 6-HR FFG VALUES GENERALLY IN THE 4 INCH RANGE ACROSS NW GA AND 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS NE GA. HOWEVER...FAY HAS HAD A HISTORY OF EXTREME RAINFALL WHEREVER IT HAS GONE. GIVEN THE TERRAIN IN THIS PART OF THE STATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL TO REACH FFG VALUES IN THUNDERSTORM FEEDER BANDS...THEN FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY CORE RAINFALL TRACKING ACROSS THIS AREA TUE...FEEL THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS PRUDENT. THIS AGREES WITH HPC THINKING AS NOTED ABOVE FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WE WILL LIKELY ISSUE AN ESF LATER THIS MORNING AS WELL. WILL GO WITH FLASH FLOOD AS OPPOSED TO FLOOD GIVEN THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA. FFA WILL BE FOR AREAS MOSTLY NORTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-85...INCLUDING ATL...RMG...AND DNN...BUT NOT AHN. WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CSG AND WEST CENTRAL GA AREA BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL THERE YESTERDAY AND THAT AREA WILL LIKELY SEE THE FIRST HEAVY RAIN TODAY. INITIALLY WILL HAVE FFA RUN FROM 4 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 8 PM. AREAS FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH SHOULD SEE LESS OVERALL RAIN. DAY SHIFT MAY NEED TO EXTEND FFA FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH IF FEEDER BAND DEVELOPMENT AND ECHO TRAINING WARRANTS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF HEATING...FREQUENT CG LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS QUITE REAL. STRONG SHEAR INDICATED ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING AS 850MB WINDS OF 40-50KTS WRAP AROUND THE REMNANTS OF FAY INTO EAST AL/WEST GA. THIS COMBINED WITH MORE THAN SUFFICIENT CAPE/INSTABILITY...NOT 1000 CAPES WEST TO 3000+ CAPES EAST...SUGGEST THE THREAT FOR STRONG ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS QUITE HIGH. REALLY...THE EASTERN ZONES COULD EVEN HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING STRONG ROTATING STORMS GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF MORE SUNSHINE THERE DURING THE AFTERNOON...LEADING TO GREATER INSTABILITY. GIVEN THAT SUNDAYS FEEDER BANDS FROM FAY EXTENDED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES TO THE EAST ACROSS FL/SC...I WOULD NOT RULE THIS OUT AT ALL...ESPECIALLY AS FAY MOVES BACK TOWARD THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD DIMINISH TUE AS THE CORE DRIFTS INTO TN. THERE SHOULD BE MORE CLOUD COVER AND LESS INSTABILITY...WITH THAT REMOVED FURTHER EAST TOWARD THE COAST. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH CLOSER TO THE CORE OF FAY. FEEDER BANDS ARE STILL EXPECTED...ACROSS EASTERN ZONES. THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST WILL BE DIFFICULT...AS EVIDENCED BY THE DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. AT LEAST UNTIL AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BREAKS IN THE OVC AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MANY AREAS TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 80S. THUS WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM GUIDANCE. CORE RAIN AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE LOWER TUE. MORNING LOWS WILL BE VERY UNIFORM IN THE LOWER 70S. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL...WE SHOULD FINALLY BE ABLE TO SAY GOODBYE TO FAY BY THU. THE GFS NOW SHOWING FAY LIFTING OUT SOONER THAN EARLIER INDICATED AND TAKING THE REMNANTS AND ITS EFFECTS OUT OF OUR AREA BY LATE WED AS WHAT IS LEFT OF FAY MOVES INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NE U.S...HOPEFULLY. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES NW THERE AFTER AND INTO THE WEEKEND...CANNOT RULE OUT DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY AS THERE IS NOTHING TO MOVE THE SFC TROPICAL LADEN AIR MASS OUT OF THE REGION THAT FAY WILL LEAVE BEHIND. BY THE WEEKEND...A LARGE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BRINGING NW FLOW BACK TO THE AREA AND PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA SAT. WITH AMPLE SFC MOISTURE...WOULD EXPECT A BETTER CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA WITH THIS FRONT AT THAT TIME. HOW MUCH DRYING WE SEE BEHIND THE FRONT IS VERY QUESTIONABLE AS THE GFS SHOWS THE FRONT STALLING IN CENTRAL GA SUN AND AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE THREAT FOR SHRA/TSRA CONTINUES. NOT PRUDENT AT THIS POINT TO REMOVE POPS FROM ANY DAY AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE AREA...BUT HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD KEEP MOST AREAS AT OR BELOW 90...BUT AT THE SAME TIME LOWS ONLY IN THE MUGGY 70S. NO SIGNS OF ANY FALL TEMPERATURE RELIEF YET...OR ANY SIGNIFICANT DRYING OF THE AIR MASS EITHER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 84 72 77 72 81 / 70 100 100 100 50 ATLANTA 80 72 76 72 81 / 100 100 100 80 30 BLAIRSVILLE 78 69 72 69 74 / 90 100 100 100 50 CARTERSVILLE 80 70 75 70 81 / 100 100 100 60 30 COLUMBUS 83 73 82 73 88 / 90 70 70 50 30 GAINESVILLE 80 70 75 70 78 / 90 100 100 100 50 MACON 84 73 81 73 87 / 70 70 90 60 30 ROME 80 71 76 71 81 / 100 100 100 60 30 PEACHTREE CITY 81 72 77 72 82 / 100 100 100 60 30 VIDALIA 88 75 87 75 86 / 50 50 70 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA... CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...DADE...DAWSON... DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER... GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...LUMPKIN... MERIWETHER...MURRAY...MUSCOGEE...NORTH FULTON...PAULDING... PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH FULTON...TOWNS...TROUP...UNION...WALKER... WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 11:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1119 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-260330- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 1119 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... WIND SHEAR THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE HAS DECREASED DURING THE EVENING. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING HAS ALSO STABILIZED THE AIRMASS SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE REMNANTS OF FAY ARE EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH MID-WEEK. THIS WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO THE AREA ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 31 min |
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