Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 13, 2012, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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928 
WGUS52 KFFC 140102
FFWFFC
GAC067-121-140700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0013.120614T0102Z-120614T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
902 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA...
  SANDY SPRINGS AND MARIETTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH SLOW MOVING 
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME AREAS HAVE SEEN BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 
THE LAST HOUR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3401 8459 3402 8422 3400 8423 3398 8426
      3396 8426 3396 8430 3397 8435 3375 8435
      3376 8456 3374 8457 3374 8458 3381 8463

$$

863 
WGUS72 KFFC 140138
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

GAC067-121-140700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120614T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COBB GA-FULTON GA-
938 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL FULTON AND EASTERN COBB COUNTIES...

AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY SPRINGS
AND MARIETTA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND 
UPSTREAM OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

HEAVY RAIN IS DRAINING DOWN NANCY CREEK FROM NORTHERN DEKALB 
COUNTY...THROUGH ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY...INTO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE 
RIVER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3401 8459 3402 8422 3400 8423 3398 8426
      3396 8426 3396 8430 3397 8435 3375 8435
      3376 8456 3374 8457 3374 8458 3381 8463

$$

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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.