Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 19, 2013, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

May 19, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

217 
WGUS52 KFFC 191933
FFWFFC
GAC015-057-200130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0016.130519T1933Z-130520T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PASSING 
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED
  EARLIER TODAY...MAINLY IN THE ADAIRSVILLE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAIN AROUND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINGSTON...
  CANTON...WALESKA...CASSVILLE...WHITE AND ADAIRSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3422 8503 3432 8503 3435 8501 3439 8501
      3440 8474 3441 8473 3442 8472 3441 8459
      3438 8458 3438 8447 3408 8447 3408 8504
      3421 8505

$$

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593 
WGUS72 KFFC 192359
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
759 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

GAC015-057-200045-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130520T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-
759 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE
AND BARTOW COUNTIES...

THE BARTOW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER INDICATES PREVIOUS FLASH 
FLOODING IN THE COUNTY...MAINLY AROUND ADAIRSVILLE AND CASSVILLE HAS 
RECEDED. CHEROKEE COUNTY DID NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED FLOODING 
TODAY.

LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE PASSING OVER THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA 
TONIGHT...BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

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 3422 8503 3432 8503 3435 8501 3439 8501
      3440 8474 3441 8473 3442 8472 3441 8459
      3438 8458 3438 8447 3408 8447 3408 8504
      3421 8505

$$

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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.