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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at May 19, 2013, 11:25 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 95 min. 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, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 19, 11:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 19, 7:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 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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20Local storm report, May 19, 11:24 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1124 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE BUFORD 34.11N 83.98W
05/19/2013 GWINNETT GA NEWSPAPER
LARGE TREE DOWN WHICH BROKE 5 TO 6 POWER POLES.
0505 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE SUGAR HILL 34.06N 83.99W
05/19/2013 GWINNETT GA NEWSPAPER
TREE DOWN ON I-85 NEAR BUFORD DR
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NE DULUTH 34.02N 84.13W
05/19/2013 GWINNETT GA NEWSPAPER
LONG LAKE FLOODED PARTS OF THE RIVERBROOKE NEIGHBORHOOD
NEAR DULUTH. BACKYARDS WERE FLOODED AND THE WATER CAME UP
TO THE HOUSES.
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 S ROSWELL 34.00N 84.36W
05/19/2013 FULTON GA NEWSPAPER
THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ROSE OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODED
THE STABLES AT HUNTCLIFF RIVER CLUB. 20 HORSES HAD TO BE
RESCUED.
1205 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITESBURG 33.49N 84.91W
05/19/2013 CARROLL GA EMERGENCY MNGR
A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN WHITESBURG.
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DELAYED REPORTS
SNELSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| May 19, 10:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 18 hr |
| 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.