Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 9, 2011, 9:24 AM EST (14:24 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2011, 3:15 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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332 
WGUS52 KFFC 091424
FFWFFC
GAC115-143-233-092015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.110309T1424Z-110309T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 915 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE  
  AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL      
  AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED SINCE 300 AM EST THIS  
  MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
  THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY OVER WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
  VARIOUS STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND CAUSE FLOODING IN
  PORTIONS OF FLOYD...POLK AND HARALSON COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROME...
  CEDARTOWN AND BUCHANAN.

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.

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 3428 8545 3428 8539 3438 8532 3443 8510
      3440 8510 3439 8501 3425 8501 3421 8505
      3409 8505 3408 8502 3395 8503 3395 8505
      3386 8503 3372 8505 3365 8532 3365 8533

$$

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192 
WGUS72 KFFC 092015
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
315 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

GAC115-143-233-092045-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POLK GA-FLOYD GA-HARALSON GA-
315 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EST FOR HARALSON...
FLOYD AND POLK COUNTIES...

AROUND 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS 
MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGER OFFICIALS FOR HARALSON...FLOYD AND POLK 
COUNTIES HAVE INDICATED SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT THEIR COUNTIES WERE 
CLOSED OR HAVE BEEN CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO FLOODING FROM NEARBY 
STREAMS OR CREEKS.

THE EURHALEE CREEK IN ROCKMART WAS AT 9.3 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY. 
FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE CREEK SHOULD CREST NEAR 9.5 FEET THIS 
AFTERNOON...THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.

THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND MOST FLOODING IS IN 
RECESSION. A FEW LOW LYING AND SLOW DRAINING AREAS MAY TAKE A LITTLE 
MORE TIME. 

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 3428 8545 3428 8539 3438 8532 3443 8510
      3440 8510 3439 8501 3425 8501 3421 8505
      3409 8505 3408 8502 3395 8503 3395 8505
      3386 8503 3372 8505 3365 8532 3365 8533

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.