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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 2:40 AM EST for Gordon County, Murray County, Whitfield 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, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 4:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Tilton, GA | FRAZIER DRIVE WAS WASHED OUT BY A STREAM. |
| Dec 9, 4:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Dalton, GA | DROWNING BEAR CREEK WASHED OUT VINEWOOD DRIVE. THE BASEMENT OF A HOME NEAR BY WAS FLOODED. |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Sugar Valley, GA | SNAKE CREEK CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODED BAUGH MOUNTAIN ROAD. |
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, 7.7 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 090740
FFWFFC
GAC129-213-313-091330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0053.091209T0740Z-091209T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
240 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 AM EST
* AT 233 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHATSWORTH TO RESACA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE OCCURRED AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA
WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AUDUBON...NICKELSVILLE...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...CARTERS AND
RAMHURST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3486 8462 3483 8460 3478 8461 3477 8464
3473 8465 3466 8465 3458 8467 3449 8509
3454 8507 3459 8507 3463 8505 3473 8505
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 091145
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
GAC129-213-313-091330-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-091209T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-
645 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EST FOR
SOUTHERN MURRAY...SOUTHERN WHITFIELD AND NORTHERN GORDON COUNTIES...
AS OF 640 AM EST...THE RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
HOWEVER...3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WHITFIELD
...NORTHERN GORDON AND MUCH OF MURRAY COUNTY. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAIN CONTINUES TO FILL AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS CAUSING WATER LEVELS
TO RISE WELL ABOVE BANKFULL.
AT 630 AM EST...THE STAGE AT COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL IS 16.1
FEET AND CONTINUES TO SLOWLY RISE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AROUND 16.5 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. THIS IS 0.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL THIS MORNING ON
YOUR DRIVE TO WORK OR SCHOOL
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8462 3483 8460 3478 8461 3477 8464
3473 8465 3466 8465 3458 8467 3449 8509
3454 8507 3459 8507 3463 8505 3473 8505
$$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, 1:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 6 hr |
| 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, 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.