Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 15, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 2012, 6:08 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dawson County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.

217 
WGUS52 KFFC 151929
FFWFFC
GAC085-160130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0010.120315T1929Z-120316T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
329 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY    
  THIS AFTERNOON FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNO...
  FAUSETT LAKE...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK AND LEN FOOTE HIKE INN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 
IN THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH.

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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3454 8419 3447 8411 3442 8398 3441 8397
      3435 8398 3434 8396 3433 8426 3447 8426
      3447 8432 3453 8434 3458 8434 3457 8426
      3460 8425 3462 8419

$$

983 
WGUS72 KFFC 152208
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

GAC085-152215-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120316T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAWSON GA-
608 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DAWSON COUNTY...

COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM DAWSON COUNTY INDICATE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS 
OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY...ASIDE FROM EARLIER PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS. APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY...AND THERE HAVE BEEN RISES IN AREA CREEKS 
AND RIVERS...BUT NO FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT HAS ENDED.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

LAT...LON 3454 8419 3447 8411 3442 8398 3441 8397
      3435 8398 3434 8396 3433 8426 3447 8426
      3447 8432 3453 8434 3458 8434 3457 8426
      3460 8425 3462 8419

$$

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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.