Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2013, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA

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551 
WGUS52 KFFC 071514
FFWFFC
GAC123-227-072115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0071.130807T1514Z-130807T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1114 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER   
  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING OF        
  NUMEROUS CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT    
  FEW HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST       
  ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...TALKING ROCK AND JASPER AREAS.

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.

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 3473 8426 3467 8425 3465 8422 3460 8422
      3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8430 3457 8434
      3447 8432 3447 8426 3438 8426 3438 8458
      3441 8459 3441 8465 3474 8466

$$


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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.