Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 2:13 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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 8, 2013, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 8, 3:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw Homer, GA | THE BANKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOOD WATERS FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING PORTIONS OF AROUND 7 ROADS BETWEEN ALTO AND HOMER. SOME EROSION DAMAGE OCCURRED TO GRAVEL ROADS AND CULVERT PIPES. |
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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
769
WGUS52 KFFC 081813
FFWFFC
GAC011-139-157-090015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0074.130808T1813Z-130809T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
213 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MULTIPLE STORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES IN
ONE HOUR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MAYSVILLE...HOMER...LULA...GILLSVILLE...GAINESVILLE AND CLERMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3444 8362 3450 8353 3448 8343 3444 8338
3433 8339 3425 8333 3404 8361 3407 8377
3412 8382 3410 8388 3417 8406 3419 8405
3419 8399 3422 8396 3428 8393 3433 8396
3447 8383 3451 8366
$$2 follow-up statements
158
WGUS72 KFFC 081938
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
338 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
GAC011-139-157-090015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-130809T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BANKS GA-HALL GA-JACKSON GA-
338 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
JACKSON...HALL AND BANKS COUNTIES...
AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE
SOME FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS WERE FROM GAINESVILLE TO JACKSON TO
HOMER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
FLOWERY BRANCH AND CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN AREAS OF SOUTH HALL COUNTY.
ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE. THE UPPER MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER AND
COOPER CREEK BASINS MAY BE AT BANKFULL DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.
THE WARNED AREA WILL BE MONITORED FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3444 8362 3450 8353 3448 8343 3444 8338
3433 8339 3425 8333 3404 8361 3407 8377
3412 8382 3410 8388 3417 8406 3419 8405
3419 8399 3422 8396 3428 8393 3433 8396
3447 8383 3451 8366
$$
16770
WGUS72 KFFC 082222
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
GAC011-139-157-082230-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-130809T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BANKS GA-HALL GA-JACKSON GA-
622 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR JACKSON...HALL AND
BANKS COUNTIES...
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS ENDED AND THE
AREA HAS HAD TIME TO DRAIN. NO OTHER FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED OR IS BEING OBSERVED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
BEING CANCELED.
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 3444 8362 3450 8353 3448 8343 3444 8338
3433 8339 3425 8333 3404 8361 3407 8377
3412 8382 3410 8388 3417 8406 3419 8405
3419 8399 3422 8396 3428 8393 3433 8396
3447 8383 3451 8366
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more | 80 min |
| Aug 8, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 77 min |
| Aug 8, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 79 min |
| Aug 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 4 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.