Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2013, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 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

County Coweta County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 071517
FFWFFC
GAC077-072115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0072.130807T1517Z-130807T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1117 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 1115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT   
  STRETCH FROM NEWNAN TO SHARPSBURG TO MORELAND... AND ONLY SLOWLY   
  MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES   
  OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF  
  COWETA COUNTY... AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE    
  NEXT FEW HOURS. HAS A RESULT... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TURIN...HARALSON AND SENOIA.

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 3346 8498 3344 8496 3344 8492 3351 8485
      3351 8462 3350 8461 3348 8463 3340 8461
      3334 8456 3333 8453 3322 8450 3322 8484
      3319 8486 3322 8487 3323 8494 3343 8501

$$

570 
WGUS72 KFFC 071832
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAC077-071839-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-130807T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COWETA GA-
232 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR COWETA COUNTY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COWETA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE 
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND ALTHOUGH AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 
CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH WATER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 
AFTERNOON...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. 

IF YOU SAW 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 3346 8498 3344 8496 3344 8492 3351 8485
      3351 8462 3350 8461 3348 8463 3340 8461
      3334 8456 3333 8453 3322 8450 3322 8484
      3319 8486 3322 8487 3323 8494 3343 8501

$$

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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.