Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 31, 2013, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Murray County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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443 
WGUS52 KFFC 010158
FFWFFC
GAC213-010800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0098.130901T0158Z-130901T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CISCO...
  GREGORY AND TENNGA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3486 8462 3482 8459 3478 8464 3474 8464
      3463 8472 3467 8484 3479 8487 3480 8484
      3481 8486 3484 8485 3487 8482 3493 8484
      3499 8481 3499 8463

$$

176 
WGUS72 KFFC 010533
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
133 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

GAC213-010542-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-130901T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MURRAY GA-
133 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

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

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY...BUT SOME CREEKS AND 
STREAMS MAY STILL BE HIGH. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY 
SINCE AT NIGHT IT IS HARDER TO SEE IF ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED.

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 3486 8462 3482 8459 3478 8464 3474 8464
      3463 8472 3467 8484 3479 8487 3480 8484
      3481 8486 3484 8485 3487 8482 3493 8484
      3499 8481 3499 8463

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.