Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 20, 2009, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2009, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Gilmer County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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WGUS52 KFFC 202130
FFWFFC
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES WEST OF ELLIJAY TO EAST ELLIJAY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
  THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SOUTHWARD TO ROUNDTOP AND TALONA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAILS
  CREEK...MOUNTAINTOWN...ELLIJAY...EAST ELLIJAY...AND CHERRY LOG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED ONE FLOODED 
ROAD
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR THE PICKENS COUNTY LINE. THE
ELLIJAY AREA IS VERY PRONE TO FLOODING. RAINFALL UP TO 2.0 INCHES
PER HOUR DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS 
THE
ELLIJAY AND EAST ELLIJAY AREA AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH THROUGH
THE COUNTY.  FLOODING IS LIKELY AND FLASH FLOODING MAY 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY
IN THE ELLIJAY AND EAST ELLIJAY AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3485 8442 3483 8439 3483 8436 3477 8429
      3476 8429 3457 8440 3458 8465 3473 8465
      3477 8464 3478 8461 3481 8459 3484 8462
      3485 8461

$$



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WGUS72 KFFC 202206
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER GA-
606 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
GILMER COUNTY...

AT 553 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR MUCH OF GILMER COUNTY HAS MOVED INTO FANNIN 
COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND 
LIGHTNING LINGERING BETWEEN CHERRY HILL AND ELLIJAY. DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES FELL WITH THIS FIRST
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST ENTERING THE NORTHWEST
PART OF GILMER COUNTY...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY 
DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 
LIKELY WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED
ROADS...FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3485 8442 3483 8439 3483 8436 3477 8429
      3476 8429 3457 8440 3458 8465 3473 8465
      3477 8464 3478 8461 3481 8459 3484 8462
      3485 8461

$$



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000 
WGUS72 KFFC 202330
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER GA-
730 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRED AT 730 PM EDT FOR GILMER
COUNTY...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 
GILMER COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST AND DISSIPATED.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST DURING 
THE NEXT HOUR...BUT AT THIS TIME...THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE 
SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION 
FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA.

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 3485 8442 3483 8439 3483 8436 3477 8429
      3476 8429 3457 8440 3458 8465 3473 8465
      3477 8464 3478 8461 3481 8459 3484 8462
      3485 8461

$$



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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.