Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2013, 6:46 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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
- May 19, 2013, 6:46 AM EDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:50 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Lawrenceville, GA | THE USGS STREAM GAGE ON PEW CREEK AT PATTERSON ROAD NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 14.3 FEET. MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED AND THE WATER LEVEL HIT THE BRIDGE FOR AROUND ONE HOUR. |
| May 19, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.92 | 3 Ssw Johns Creek, GA | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| May 19, 7:14 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Suwanee, GA | THE USGS STREAM GAGE ON SUWANEE CREEK AT BUFORD HIGHWAY NEAR SUWANEE REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 11.8 FEET. MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES NEARBY. |
| May 19, 7:19 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Lilburn, GA | THE USGS STREAM GAGE ON SWEETWATER CREEK AT CLUB DRIVE NEAR LIBURN REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 13.1 FEET. MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED. |
| May 19, 7:41 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Alpharetta, GA | THE USGS STREAM GAGE ON THE BIG CREEK AT KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD NEAR ALPHARETTA REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 7 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 10.3 FEET. MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED. |
| May 19, 10:49 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Berkeley Lake, GA | THE USGS STREAM GAGE ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR BERKELEY LAKE AND NORCROSS REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET. THE RIVER CREST AT 12.4 FEET. MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED. |
| May 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Duluth, GA | LONG LAKE FLOODED PARTS OF THE RIVERBROOKE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR DULUTH. BACKYARDS WERE FLOODED AND THE WATER CAME UP TO THE HOUSES. |
| May 19, 11:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Roswell, GA | THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ROSE OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODED THE STABLES AT HUNTCLIFF RIVER CLUB. 20 HORSES HAD TO BE RESCUED. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450
WGUS52 KFFC 191046
FFWFFC
GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0007.130519T1046Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 643 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNING
AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE...GRAYSON AND DACULA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
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 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KFFC 191308
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
908 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON...GWINNETT AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 849 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PASSING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WAS CAUSING FLASHING FLOODING
ON NUMEROUS SMALL CREEKS AS WELL AS THE LARGER CREEKS SUCH AS BIG
CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA...AND SWEETWATER CREEK AND PEW CREEKS NEAR
LAWRENCEVILLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE PEW CREEK
WITH THE WATER LEVEL HITTING THE PATTERSON ROAD BRIDGE WHICH MAY
CAUSE SOME EROSION TO THE SIDES OF THE BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426
$$
16965
WGUS72 KFFC 191527
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1127 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
1127 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON...GWINNETT AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 1113 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED
TO MONITOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD IN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEETWATER CREEK...BIG
CREEK...AND THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT NORCROSS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTAIN
PARK...DULUTH...DACULA...BERKELEY LAKE...JOHNS CREEK...MILTON...
ROSWELL AND ALPHARETTA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH 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 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 47 min |
| May 19, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 19, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| May 19, 2:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 47 min |
| May 19, 2:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 6 hr |
| May 19, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| May 19, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 19, 4:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Jackson | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Walton | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 19, 6:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 89 min |
| May 19, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 18 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 19 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 46 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| May 19, 7:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 62 more | 12 hr |
| May 19, 8:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 13 hr |
| May 19, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Putnam | 23 min |
| May 19, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 35 min |
| May 19, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 26 min |
| May 19, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 29 min |
| May 19, 9:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| May 19, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon | 30 min |
| May 19, 9:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 6 hr |
| May 19, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 24 min |
| May 19, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon | 42 min |
| May 19, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 24 min |
| May 19, 10:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| May 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 36 min |
| May 19, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 50 min |
| May 19, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 5 hr |
| May 19, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 5 hr |
| May 19, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 65 min |
| May 19, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson | 6 hr |
| May 19, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 42 min |
| May 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 37 min |
| May 19, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Heard | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Henry and 4 more | 39 min |
| May 19, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 24 min |
| May 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 49 min |
| May 19, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| May 19, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| May 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 37 min |
| May 19, 1:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 7 hr |
| May 19, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach and 3 more | 46 min |
| May 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker | 9 hr |
| May 19, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Pulaski, Wilcox | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 51 min |
| May 19, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| May 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 53 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 13 hr |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 6 days |
| May 19, 6:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 21 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.