Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 9, 2013, 9:56 AM EST for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2013, 9:56 AM EST (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2013, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 524 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KFFC 091456
FFWFFC
GAC123-091845-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0102.131209T1456Z-131209T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
956 AM EST MON DEC 9 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 PM EST
* AT 944 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALONA...CARTECAY...EAST ELLIJAY AND ELLIJAY. CLEAR CREEK...
TURKEY CREEK...PRICE CREEK...FAUSETT CREEK AND TOWN CREEK ARE
LIKELY TO BE NEAR OR OVER BANKFULL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS WHITE OAK DRIVE IS BLOCKED BY
HIGH WATER ON CLEAR CREEK AT THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLANDS AND
WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 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 3457 8425 3458 8433 3455 8437 3455 8442
3456 8443 3455 8446 3456 8448 3455 8449
3456 8450 3455 8452 3455 8465 3468 8465
3471 8433
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 091841
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
141 PM EST MON DEC 9 2013
GAC123-091850-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0102.000000T0000Z-131209T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILMER GA-
141 PM EST MON DEC 9 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
GILMER COUNTY...
THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED SEVERAL HOURS AGO AND WATER LEVELS ON LOCAL
RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
IF YOU SAW SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3457 8425 3458 8433 3455 8437 3455 8442
3456 8443 3455 8446 3456 8448 3455 8449
3456 8450 3455 8452 3455 8465 3468 8465
3471 8433
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 6:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 38 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.