Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 17, 2013, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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682 
WGUS52 KFFC 172212
FFWFFC
GAC089-121-135-180015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0057.130717T2212Z-130718T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN        
  ADDITION...SEVERAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON      
  ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC. UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL    
  INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUCKHEAD...
  NORCROSS...LILBURN...DULUTH...BERKELEY LAKE...PINE LAKE...AVONDALE
  ESTATES...DECATUR...CLARKSTON...TUCKER...DRUID HILLS...DORAVILLE...
  CHAMBLEE...DUNWOODY...MIDTOWN AND SANDY SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

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 3383 8445 3385 8446 3388 8444 3391 8444
      3397 8433 3396 8428 3402 8423 3403 8412
      3390 8408 3364 8433 3365 8453 3377 8454

$$

518 
WGUS72 KFFC 180008
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
808 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

GAC089-121-135-180016-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-130718T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
808 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON...WEST CENTRAL GWINNETT AND NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 3.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN 
DEKALB COUNTY...WITH WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED...AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND 
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.

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 3383 8445 3385 8446 3388 8444 3391 8444
      3397 8433 3396 8428 3402 8423 3403 8412
      3390 8408 3365 8433 3365 8453 3377 8454

$$

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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.