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Areal Flood Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 5, 20138 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at May 5, 2013, 12:54 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2013, 12:54 AM EDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 4, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 8:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more	24 hr
May 4, 8:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	71 hr
May 4, 9:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	31 hr
May 4, 10:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	4 days
May 5, 3:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	43 hr
May 5, 4:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray	23 hr
May 5, 4:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	10 hr
May 5, 4:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattooga	21 hr
May 5, 5:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	9 hr
May 5, 6:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	5 days
May 5, 6:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
May 5, 6:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	8 hr
May 5, 7:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	6 hr
May 5, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	20 hr
May 5, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	4 hr
May 5, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	21 hr
May 5, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	28 hr
May 5, 11:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Newton	27 hr
May 5, 1:11 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	28 hr
May 5, 2:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	12 hr
May 5, 2:43 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	24 hr
May 5, 3:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	32 hr
May 5, 3:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	3 days
May 5, 3:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	26 hr
May 5, 5:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon	5 days
May 5, 5:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	5 days
May 5, 6:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	27 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.