Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2013, 8:29 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
- Jun 5, 2013, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:06 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | S College Park, GA | SOUTHBOUND I85 LANES BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING. CAMP STREET EXIT LANES BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING. I285 SOUTHBOUND SOUTH OF CHAMBLEE TUCKER ROAD LANES CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 5, 9:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Atlanta, GA | THE SOUTH RIVER CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR MACON DRIVE AND CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO SURROUND A HOME. FIRST RESPONDERS WADED THROUGH THE FLOOD WATERS TO RESCUE A PERSON STRANDED IN THE HOME. |
| Jun 5, 9:21 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.27 | Atlanta, GA | 2 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL THROUGH 9 PM |
| Jun 5, 10:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nnw Decatur, GA | A USGS STREAM GAGE ON NORTH FORK PEACHTREE CREEK AT BUFORD HIGHWAY REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 13.7 FEET. MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE BACKYARDS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES ALONG THE CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
021
WGUS52 KFFC 060029
FFWFFC
GAC063-089-121-060430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0017.130606T0029Z-130606T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
829 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH THIS STORM AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.0 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUCKHEAD...
DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...EAST
POINT AND ATLANTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3389 8436 3387 8422 3356 8438 3355 8454
3367 8452
$$
301 follow-up statement
699
WGUS72 KFFC 060109
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
909 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
GAC063-089-121-060430-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130606T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
909 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND WESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 905 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING
PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST METRO ALONG INTERSTATE 85. ATLANTA AIRPORT
HAS ALREADY REPORTED OVER 3.23 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUCKHEAD...
DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...MIDTOWN AND ATLANTA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3389 8436 3387 8422 3356 8438 3355 8454
3367 8452
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 12:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Jasper, Newton | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 33 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:46 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.