Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2012, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2012, 10:20 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA

The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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156 
WGUS52 KFFC 080012
FFWFFC
GAC011-157-195-080600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0017.120808T0012Z-120808T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY BE CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER   
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED      
  SINCE 630 PM EDT. SOME CREEKS THAT MAY FLOOD ARE CROOKED CREEK...  
  BEAVERDAM CREEK...BORDERS CREEK AND GROVE CREEK.

  ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS THIS LATER  
  THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAYSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. THIS WILL 
INCLUDE INTERSTATE 85.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3432 8338 3425 8333 3427 8330 3425 8325
      3425 8319 3425 8316 3426 8314 3426 8313
      3408 8314 3413 8362 3433 8358

$$

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936 
WGUS72 KFFC 080220
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

GAC011-157-195-080245-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120808T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON GA-BANKS GA-JACKSON GA-
1020 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHERN BANKS AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...

EARLIER THIS EVENING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED
OVER THE BANKS...JACKSON AND MADISON COUNTY LINES NEAR BANKS 
CROSSING. COUNTY OFFICIALS FOR THE THREE COUNTIES HAVE INDICATED NO 
REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON CREEKS OR RIVERS IN THE WARNED 
AREA. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF CAR ACCIDENTS...ESPECIALLY ON 
INTERSTATE 85 NEAR BANKS CROSSING.

THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

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 3432 8338 3425 8333 3427 8330 3425 8325
      3425 8319 3425 8316 3426 8314 3426 8313
      3408 8314 3413 8362 3433 8358

$$

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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.