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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 2009, 10:23 AM EDT for Banks County, Jackson 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2009, 10:23 AM EDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2009, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 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 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KFFC 121423
FFWFFC
GAC011-157-122015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0049.091012T1423Z-091012T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1023 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 1010 AM EDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN BANKS COUNTY REPORTED
WEBBS CREEK WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD WEBBS CREEK ROAD AND THE ROAD
WAS BEING CLOSED. ALSO CROOKED CREEK BETWEEN THE POTTERY MALL
AND TANGER OUTLET MALL WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD A PORTION OF THE
PARKING LOTS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 85 AND HIGHWAY
441. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EARLY
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER CREEKS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROVE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3433 8339 3427 8333 3425 8333 3421 8336
3421 8340 3416 8335 3412 8336 3423 8370
3430 8362 3433 8365 3436 8363 3436 8338
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 121753
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
153 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
GAC011-157-122015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-091012T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON GA-BANKS GA-
153 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BANKS AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
BANKS COUNTY OFFICALS ADVICE NOT DRIVING UNLESS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY. THEY ARE DEALING WITH NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DUE
TO STANDING WATER ON ROADS.
AT 130 PM EDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN BANKS COUNTY CONTINUES TO
REPORT WEBBS CREEK ROAD AND MARSHBURN DRIVE ARE CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING FROM WEBB CREEK. HEMBREE ROAD NEAR GROVE LEVEL ROAD IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM HICKORY LEVEL CREEK. THE CROOKED CREEK
NEAR THE COMMERCE OUTLET MALL WAS FLOODING PORTIONS OF THE PARKING
LOT. THIS IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 85 AND HIGHWAY 441.
GROVE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MINOR FLOODING AS WELL.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WILL PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 8339 3427 8333 3425 8333 3421 8336
3421 8340 3416 8335 3412 8336 3423 8370
3430 8362 3433 8365 3436 8363 3436 8338
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 3:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 56 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 54 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 28 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 5 days |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 50 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 49 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 50 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 5 days |
| Oct 12, 11:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 48 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 12 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 23 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 78 min |
| Oct 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 43 min |
| Oct 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 41 min |
| Oct 12, 4:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 35 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.