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Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 29, 2009Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at Mar 29, 2009, 4:48 AM EDT for Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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: Mar 29, 2009, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2009, 10:45 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 29, 4:18 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:18 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 11:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 11:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 8:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	12 hr
Mar 28, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	44 min
Mar 28, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Polk	59 min
Mar 28, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	51 min
Mar 29, 8:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	24 hr
Mar 29, 11:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	11 days
Mar 29, 11:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	23 days
Mar 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	16 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.