Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 20, 2013, 6:35 AM EDT (10:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2013, 10:30 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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058 
WGUS52 KFFC 201035
FFWFFC
GAC015-129-201430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0060.130720T1035Z-130720T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 628 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WHITE...PINE LOG AND        
  SONORAVILLE...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY BETWEEN WHITE...PINE 
  LOG...FUNKHOUSER AND SONORAVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

2 TOP 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

CREEKS IMPACTED INCLUDE SUGAR HILL CREEK...LITTLE PINE LOG CREEK...
PINE LOG CREEK...SALACOA CREEK AND CEDAR CREEK DRAINING DOWNSTREAM 
TOWARD THE COOSAWATTE RIVER NEAR REDBUD.

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 3439 8465 3436 8466 3435 8464 3435 8466
      3425 8466 3427 8482 3453 8488 3456 8479

$$

613 
WGUS72 KFFC 201340
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
940 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

GAC015-129-201344-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130720T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTOW GA-GORDON GA-
940 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN GORDON
AND NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTIES...

AREAS IN SOUTHEAST GORDON AND NORTHEAST BARTOW COUNTIES RECEIVED 
APPROXIMATELY 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THE RAIN 
ACROSS THE AREA HAS ENDED FOR NOW. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 
LATER TODAY THOUGH. PER DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS...NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNING 
AREA AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

IF YOU OBSERVED 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 3439 8465 3436 8466 3435 8464 3435 8466
      3425 8466 3427 8482 3453 8488 3456 8479

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.