Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2013, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2013, 9:30 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, Pickens County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 070734
FFWFFC
GAC057-085-227-071330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0067.130807T0734Z-130807T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
334 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 327 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
  ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR
  ESPECIALLY OVER COBB CREEK IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND YELLOW CREEK IN
  PICKENS COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NELSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED
ROADS...FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3433 8421 3433 8426 3431 8426 3431 8439
      3449 8439 3449 8421

$$

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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.