Alert archive / Georgia / Areal Flood Warnings in 2013
Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at Aug 1, 2013, 7:44 AM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2013, 7:44 AM EDT (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Jasper, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A SWIFT WATER RESCUE AND EVACUATION FROM A HOME WAS IN PROGRESS OFF OF PRICE CREEK TRAIL. FLOOD WATERS FROM PRICE CREEK WERE THREATENING THE HOME AND FIRST RESPONDERS WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY REACHING THE HOME DUE TO A WASHED OUT R |
| Aug 1, 10:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Jasper, GA | PRELIMINARY FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGER INDICATES AROUND 4 ROADS WERE EITHER WASHED OUT OR DAMAGED...ONE BRIDGE WAS AFFECTED BY A LANDSLIDE AND CLOSED...ONE STRUCTURE WAS FLOODED...3 PEOPLE NEEDED SWIFT WATER RESCUES AND 3 PEOPLE WERE EVACUAT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403
WGUS42 KFFC 011144
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
GAC227-011745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FA.W.0021.130801T1144Z-130801T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
744 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT THURSDAY
* AT 739 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN PICKENS
COUNTY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO SIX INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE
RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF...HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE.
* SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDED ARE...LONG SWAMP CREEK...HINTON
CREEK AND TURKEY CREEK...AND TALKING ROCK CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD HEED ALL EVACUATION REQUESTS OR ORDERS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
EVACUATIONS AND SWIFT WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN 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 3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3438 8426
3438 8442 3441 8443 3455 8448
$$2 follow-up statements
627
WGUS82 KFFC 011418
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
GAC227-011745-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130801T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS GA-
1018 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...
...SWIFT WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS OFF PRICE CREEK...
AT 1000 AM EDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A SWIFT WATER RESCUE
WAS IN PROGRESS AT A HOME OFF OF PRICE CREEK TRAIL. FLOOD WATERS
FROM PRICE CREEK WERE THREATENING THE HOME AND EVACUATIONS WERE
NEEDED.
PREVIOUS SWIFT WATER RESCUES AT THE YOUNG LIFE CAMP OFF OF CAMP HOPE
ROAD WERE SUCCESSFUL.
SEVERAL ROADS AND A FEW BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT IN NORTHEAST
PICKENS COUNTY. A BRIDGE WAS CLOSED ON A PORTION OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY
136 NEAR BURNT MOUNTAIN DUE TO A LANDSLIDE.
THE FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW WEST TOWARD CARTERS LAKE AS
THE CREEKS AND STREAMS RECEDE SLOWLY IN NORTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD HEED ALL EVACUATION REQUESTS OR ORDERS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3438 8426
3438 8442 3441 8443 3455 8448
$$
16089
WGUS82 KFFC 011735
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
135 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
GAC227-011745-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130801T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS GA-
135 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM EDT FOR EASTERN PICKENS
COUNTY...
AT 130 PM EDT...PREVIOUS FLOOD WATERS THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
TO ROADS...BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
PICKENS COUNTY WERE RECEDING. THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION WHILE SURVEYING ANY FLOOD DAMAGE AS THE FLOODED AREAS WILL
BE VERY UNSTABLE AND FURTHER DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN 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 3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3438 8426
3438 8442 3441 8443 3455 8448
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 37 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.