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Areal Flood Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 19, 2013Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at May 19, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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 19, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2013, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

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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 19, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 4:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0424 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MORGANVILLE             34.94N 85.45W
05/19/2013                   DADE               GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN DADE COUNTY

&&

04

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

GAZ019-192145-
451 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 450 PM EDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPING OVER FLOYD COUNTY. THESE AREAS WERE SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF A QUICK INCH OR MORE OF RAIN THROUGH
545 PM EDT.

ADDITIONALLY...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
NORTH IS SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY
SPREAD INTO FLOYD COUNTY AFTER 600 PM EDT AND IF THEY DONT WEAKEN...
THEY COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN TO CAUSE NEW FLASH
FLOODING. REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

THROUGH 545 PM EDT...RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE
TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
FLOYD COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CAVE SPRING...LINDALE...
ROME...COOSA...ARMUCHEE...SENEY...SHANNON AND PINSON.

&&

LAT...LON 3429 8546 3428 8539 3438 8533 3446 8511
      3443 8509 3442 8511 3440 8509 3439 8501
      3422 8503 3421 8505 3410 8505 3408 8512
      3408 8516 3410 8516 3409 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 280DEG 10KT 3426 8515

Local storm report, May 19, 5:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
506 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1204 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE DOUGLASVILLE      33.70N 84.71W
05/19/2013                   DOUGLAS            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SOME ON HOMES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
            PILGRIMS DR...WINDMARK PLACE...DAVID DR...GREENBROOK
            DR...MCKOWN RD...HIDDEN BRANCH RD...BOMAR RD...S BURNT
            HICKORY RD.

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Special weather statement, May 19, 5:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE CORDELE            31.94N 83.75W
05/19/2013                   CRISP              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS AROUND 10 TREES DOWN
            ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE
            COUNTY...MAINLY EAST OF I-75.

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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 19, 10:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	18 hr
May 19, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker	95 min
May 20, 4:06 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 59 more	6 hr
May 20, 4:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	30 hr
May 20, 10:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	62 hr
May 20, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	50 min
May 20, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, White	50 min
May 20, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	48 min

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.