Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 19, 2013, 9:21 AM EDT (13:21 UTC)

Expired

May 19, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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031 
WGUS52 KFFC 191321
FFWFFC
GAC047-083-295-191915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.130519T1321Z-130519T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
921 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 912 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PASSING
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED
  SINCE 800 AM EDT ALONG LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 
  IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...
  FORT OGLETHORPE AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3499 8498 3491 8501 3491 8502 3488 8501
      3486 8506 3482 8507 3482 8513 3478 8515
      3478 8543 3467 8554 3468 8556 3495 8561
      3499 8560

$$

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119 
WGUS72 KFFC 191604
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1204 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

GAC047-083-295-191915-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-DADE GA-
1204 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
DADE...CATOOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTIES...

AT 1143 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 
TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH 
OUT OF TENNESSEE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOOKER AND
LAKEVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3499 8498 3491 8501 3491 8502 3488 8501
      3486 8506 3482 8507 3482 8513 3478 8515
      3478 8543 3467 8554 3468 8556 3495 8561
      3499 8560

$$

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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.