Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 21, 2013, 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County DeKalb County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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556 
WGUS52 KFFC 211551
FFWFFC
GAC089-212145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0092.130821T1551Z-130821T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1151 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 1141 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 2 HOURS 
  OVER PARTS OF EASTCENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY. RIVER GAGE LEVELS
  ON SNAPFINGER CREEK AND STONE MOUNTAIN CREEK ARE RISING 
  RAPIDLY AND WILL BE COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS BY MIDDAY. 
  EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS...WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
  AND WILL PROLONG THE FLOOD THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TUCKER AND CLARKSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. NEVER DRIVE INTO 
WATER COVERING OR RUNNING OVER A ROAD. THE MAJORITY OF FLOODING
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3386 8423 3387 8419 3386 8416 3383 8413
      3382 8413 3376 8420 3381 8428

$$

969 
WGUS72 KFFC 211900
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

GAC089-211909-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130821T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-
300 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL DEKALB
COUNTY...

WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED ON AFFECTED CREEKS AND STREAMS. ALTHOUGH 
LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS...FLOODING OR
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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 3386 8423 3387 8419 3386 8417 3383 8413
      3382 8413 3376 8420 3381 8428

$$

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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.