Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 27, 2011, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2011, 6:19 AM EDT

In force

90 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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592 
WGUS52 KFFC 270849
FFWFFC
GAC089-121-271345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0007.110527T0849Z-110527T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 442 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY 
  RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LA VISTA...
  BROOKHAVEN...DRUID HILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST ATLANTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG 
PORTIONS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH BRANCHES OF PEACHTREE CREEK AND 
POSSIBLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MAIN BRANCH OF PEACHTREE CREEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN
AN AUTOMOBILE.

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 3383 8440 3391 8425 3389 8422 3377 8423
      3380 8441

$$

053 
WGUS72 KFFC 271019
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
619 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

GAC089-121-271022-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110527T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-FULTON GA-
619 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND
CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA AND THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH MANY SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND BRANCHES 
ARE STILL RUNNING AROUND BANKFULL...MOST HAVE BEGUN TO FALL AND THIS 
TREND WILL CONTINUE. 

PERSONS IN THE ATLANTA METRO ARE REMINDED TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS AROUND 
AREA 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.

LAT...LON 3383 8440 3391 8425 3389 8422 3377 8423
      3380 8441

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.