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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 19, 2013Catoosa County, Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia

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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In the hours before

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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Local 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

SNELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCDade, Walker6 hr
May 19, 10:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee18 hr
May 20, 4:06 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 59 more6 hr
May 20, 4:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd30 hr
May 20, 10:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd62 hr
May 20, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite50 min
May 20, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White50 min
May 20, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin48 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2013Every areal flood warning in 2013

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.