Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2013, 1:54 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 1, 2013, 1:54 AM EDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Jasper, GA | MOBILE HOME IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Aug 1, 6:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Jasper, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED SWIFT WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS AT THE YOUNG LIFE CAMP OFF OF CAMP HOPE ROAD. A PORTION OF THE ROAD WAS WASHED OUT CUTTING OFF THE CAMP. |
| Aug 1, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 6 Ne Nelson, GA | 4.43 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED BY A COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
| Aug 1, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.43 | 6 Ne Nelson, GA | 4.43 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BY A COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
437
WGUS52 KFFC 010554
FFWFFC
GAC057-085-117-227-011145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0064.130801T0554Z-130801T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
154 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT
* AT 147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN PICKENS AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES INTO WESTERN DAWSON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FREE HOME...HOLBROOK...BALL GROUND...UNION HILL AND NEAR CUMMING
AT BIG CREEK.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN
AN AUTOMOBILE.
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 3454 8420 3408 8413 3411 8424 3419 8426
3419 8433 3417 8436 3417 8439 3455 8444
$$1 follow-up statement
941
WGUS72 KFFC 010753
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
GAC057-085-117-227-011145-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-130801T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS GA-CHEROKEE GA-DAWSON GA-FORSYTH GA-
353 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR
WESTERN FORSYTH...WESTERN DAWSON...NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND EASTERN
PICKENS COUNTIES...
AT 350 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN
PICKENS...NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND WESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JASPER...TATE...MARBLEHILL...AND NELSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN
AN AUTOMOBILE.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8420 3408 8413 3411 8424 3419 8426
3419 8433 3417 8436 3417 8439 3455 8444
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 6:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Pickens | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 37 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.