Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 1:31 AM EST for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2009, 1:31 AM EST (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Summerville, GA | 911 REPORTED 17-18 ROADS CLOSED...INCLUDING BEAVERS ROAD AND DOVER HILL...AMONG OTHERS. |
| Dec 9, 4:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Sw Dalton, GA | STOVER CREEK WASHED OUT STOVER CREEK ROAD. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THREE...SIX FOOT DIAMETER PIPES. WHITFIELD COUNTY MOBILE EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER WILL BE ON THE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 5:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ese Summerville, GA | THE ARMUCHEE CREEK CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODED THE CRAWL SPACE OF A HOME. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KFFC 090631
FFWFFC
GAC055-115-295-091230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0052.091209T0631Z-091209T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
131 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
* AT 127 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO ROADS
WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE ROSSVILLE AREA. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM ALABAMA WILL TRACK OVER
CHATTOOGA...NORTHERN FLOYD...AND SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTIES...
RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY MORE
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3471 8518 3472 8514 3471 8505 3463 8505
3459 8506 3459 8508 3454 8507 3453 8509
3446 8510 3438 8548 3460 8553
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KFFC 090700
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
200 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
GAC055-115-295-091230-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-091209T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD GA-CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
200 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR
SOUTHERN WALKER...CHATTOOGA AND NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES...
AT 158 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CLOUDLAND TO VILLANOW...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUBLIGNA...NAOMI...SUTTLES MILL...EVERETT SPRINGS...VILLANOW AND LAKE
MARVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3471 8518 3472 8514 3471 8505 3463 8505
3459 8506 3459 8508 3454 8507 3453 8509
3446 8510 3438 8548 3460 8553
$$000
WGUS72 KFFC 091059
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
GAC055-115-295-091230-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-091209T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD GA-CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
559 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR
SOUTHERN WALKER...CHATTOOGA AND NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES...
AS OF 555 AM EST...THE RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
HOWEVER...4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WALKER
AND MUCH OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN CONTINUES TO
FILL AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RISE WELL ABOVE
BANKFULL.
AT 530 AM EST...THE STAGE ON THE CHATTOOGA RIVER NEAR SUMMERVILLE IS
13.3 FEET AND CONTNIUES TO RISE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AROUND 14.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS 0.3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EVERETT
SPRINGS...LAKE MARVIN...SUBLIGNA...VILLANOW...SUTTLES MILL AND NAOMI.
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. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL THIS MORNING ON YOUR DRIVE TO WORK OR
SCHOOL
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 3471 8518 3472 8514 3471 8505 3463 8505
3459 8506 3459 8508 3454 8507 3453 8509
3446 8510 3438 8548 3460 8553
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 12:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 1:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 1:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 42 min |
| Dec 9, 2:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 41 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 2:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 5 days |
| Dec 9, 3:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 22 min |
| Dec 9, 3:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 19 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding | 27 min |
| Dec 9, 4:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 27 min |
| Dec 9, 4:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clarke, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 4:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 5:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Dec 9, 5:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 25 min |
| Dec 9, 7:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 52 min |
| Dec 9, 7:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 32 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 8:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 62 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 69 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 34 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 18 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 39 hr |
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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.