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River Flood Warning 127, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2010Cobb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2010, 12:29 AM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2010, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2010, 3:19 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
Minor

County Cobb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nickajack Creek at US Highway 78 and 278 near Mableton (NICG1). The gauge peaked at 9.66 ft at Jun 3, 2010, 1:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02336635, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:00 AM EDT, 19 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-030900-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
500 AM EDT WED JUN 2 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE.

.SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE AND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN
PARKED OVER THE STATE TODAY. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OFF THE GEORGIA AND EAST FLORIDA COASTS
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE STATE.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HOWEVER...MOST STORMS
WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LOCALLY-HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
3 INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING ALONG FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.DISCUSSION...
DAYTIME HEATING AND AN INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE MODERATE
INSTABILITIES ACROSS THE STATE AGAIN TODAY...WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES
OF 2000 TO 3000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 5 EXPECTED.
A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WILL HELP PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
WEAK WIND SHEAR PROFILES CONTINUE TO FAVOR PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS...
WITH MOVEMENTS GENERALLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
DUE TO THE ISOLATED AND PULSE NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB
BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.