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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 201356 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 7, 2013, 6:06 AM EDT for 56 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2013, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 56 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 940 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

461 
WGUS62 KFFC 071006
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-071815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.A.0008.130807T1006Z-130808T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
606 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... 
  NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH
  NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN THIS
  MORNING HAS DUMPED ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO ALMOST 7 INCHES OF RAIN
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE
  SATURATED SOILS...EXPECT THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS
  THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
8 follow-up statements
289 
WGUS62 KFFC 071537
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1137 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-080400-
/O.EXA.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130808T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...
CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
1137 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND
  PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN
  THIS MORNING HAS DUMPED ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
  10 INCHES. ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
  ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS...EXPECT THE
  POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-080400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130808T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
1137 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* NORTH GEORGIA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND
  PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN
  THIS MORNING HAS DUMPED ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
  10 INCHES. ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
  ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS...EXPECT THE
  POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
313 
WGUS62 KFFC 071945
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-080345-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130808T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
345 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* ADDITIONAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND
  PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN TO
  AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 10 INCHES.
  ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...SCATTERED AREAS OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
  ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS...THERE IS ALSO A
  POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA AND ISOLATED MUDSLIDES
  IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH GEORGIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

20

$$
057 
WGUS62 KFFC 080225
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1025 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-081200-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130808T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
1025 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* NORTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY

* ADDITIONAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH 
  NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THURSDAY 
  MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 
  TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN TO AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 10 INCHES. ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...SCATTERED AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  ALSO OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN 
  INCH ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE. 

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 
  FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED 
  SOILS...THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE 
  AREA AND ISOLATED MUDSLIDES IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH 
  GEORGIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

03

$$
113 
WGUS62 KFFC 080751
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-081600-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130809T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
351 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND 
  WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ADDITIONAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH
  AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY
  RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF
  RAIN TO AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP
  10 INCHES. ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SCATTERED AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED.
  ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE LIKELY
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 
  FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED 
  SOILS...THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE 
  AREA AND ISOLATED MUDSLIDES IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH 
  GEORGIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
115 
WGUS62 KFFC 081514
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1114 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-082315-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130809T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
1114 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND 
  WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTH
  AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN TO
  AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 10 INCHES.
  ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...SCATTERED AREAS OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
  ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS...THERE IS ALSO A
  POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA AND ISOLATED MUDSLIDES
  IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH GEORGIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
983 
WGUS62 KFFC 081948
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-090400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130809T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
348 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND 
  WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH
  ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH AND
  PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF
  RAIN TO AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 10
  INCHES. ALREADY TODAY SOME AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA HAVE SEEN ANOTHER
  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
  GEORGIA... SCATTERED AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED
  WEDNESDAY.
 
* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
  ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS...THERE IS ALSO A
  POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA AND ISOLATED MUDSLIDES
  IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH GEORGIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
295 
WGUS62 KFFC 090144
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
944 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-091000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130809T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
944 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* NORTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. 

* UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY

* LINGERING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS
  EVENING AFTER 2 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS OCCURRED
  EARLIER ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SEVERAL INCHES ALSO FELL
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOLLOWED HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT
  BROUGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN TO AREAS OF NORTH
  GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 10 INCHES.

* WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...HEAVIER RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 
  FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS... 
  THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA AND 
  ISOLATED MUDSLIDES IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN OF NORTH GEORGIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
596 
WGUS62 KFFC 090953
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066>068-070-091100-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130809T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
553 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST
CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM
EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

ALTHOUGH RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP AN ELEVATED RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT SIT OVER OR
TRAIN OVER AN AREA COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR CHANGING
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 7, 4:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
407 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...

AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SHORT TERM SYNOPTIC
GUIDANCE REMAINS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TRENDS.
HOWEVER...AS WE GO THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...NAM SLOWLY BECOMES MORE
OF AN OUTLIER IN HOW IT HANDLES THE UPPER LOW /DEEPER AND THUS
MOVING MORE SLOWLY/ AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. HAVE OPTED FOR MORE OF
A GFS/ECMWF COMPROMISE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. OVERALL FOR THE
SOUTHEAST...RIDGING WILL BUILD SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...
WHILE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA CONTINUES TO SPIN AND SPIT OUT
INTERMITTENT IMPULSES. THE FIRST IS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY.

IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR THIS MORNING IS HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA. AT AFD TIME...3-HR RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 6 INCHES IN
SOUTHEAST DAWSON COUNTY ALONG THE ETOWAH RIVER. SEVERAL COUNTIES UP
THERE HAVE SEEN 2-4 INCHES BUT DAWSON IS THE WORST. 00Z KFFC
SOUNDING HAD PW ALMOST AT 2 INCHES...AND PW VALUES PROGGED TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY RAIN IS DEFINITELY A
CONCERN AS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY. 00Z HIRES
MODELS ARE ACTUALLY CAPTURING THE CONVECTION IN NE GEORGIA VERY
WELL...SO IF THE TRENDS FROM THESE MODELS ARE TO BE BELIEVED...THE
AREA IN NE GA WILL SAG SOUTHWEST WHILE CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN SITU
OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA/NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER SUNRISE AND MOVES
SOUTHEAST...WHILE THE REMNANTS OF THE MCS OVER MISSOURI MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AFTER 18Z. THIS RESULTS IN POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BEFORE THE
CONVECTION DISSIPATES LATE THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE LIKELY TO
CATEGORICAL POPS IN SOME AREAS IN N GA FOR TODAY. EXCEPT FOR THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DRY DAYS...WOULD BE TEMPTED TO ISSUE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AS IT IS...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH THE DAY /AS IS ALREADY OCCURRING/. OTHER CONCERN
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CONVECTION MOVES INTO NW GA WILL BE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURST /WET MICROBURSTS/. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD
SEVERE BUT ISOLATED SEVERE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SHOULD SEE A LULL IN ACTIVITY TONIGHT BUT ANOTHER INCREASE IN
CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TOMORROW AS ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE FLOW. INTRODUCED LIKELY POPS ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY.

CONTINUED BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND FOR TEMPS...THOUGH SLIGHTLY
INCREASING THICKNESSES WILL COMPETE WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER.
TEMPS TODAY GOT JUST A TAD WARMER THAN FORECAST SO BUMPED UP THE
BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND NUMBERS EVER SO SLIGHTLY. BUT ESPECIALLY TODAY
TEMPS SHOULD BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS FOR HIGHS BY 3-5 DEGREES...
BUT NEAR NORMAL FOR LOW. THURSDAY SHOULD BE A TAD WARMER BUT
CONFIDENCE NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH AND WITH HIGH-IMPACT IMMEDIATE
CONCERNS DID NOT DO SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS FOR THURSDAY TEMPS.

TDP

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH
A SERIES OF UPPER SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE STATE. HAVE KEPT
MAINLY CHANCE POPS DURING THE DAY AND CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE
OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER FOR SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
DRIFT INTO NORTH GEORGIA AND STALL FOR A DAY OR TWO. SO HAVE
INCLUDED LIKELY POPS FOR NORTH GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. UPPER FLOW
TRANSITIONS TO A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES BY THE FIRST OF
THE WEEK. SOME DRYING IS INDICATED FOR NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REMOVE POPS ALTOGETHER. TEMPERATURES
LOOK SEASONAL WITH MID TO UPPER 80S NORTH TO LOW AND MID 90S
SOUTH.

41

&&

AVIATION...
06Z UPDATE...
CURRENTLY STILL VFR OUT THERE AT AFD TIME...BUT EXPECT MVFR AND
IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...NOT LIFTING
UNTIL 14-15Z OR SO. SHRA AND TSRA MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE
KEPT PREVIOUS TREND OF SHRA STARTING AROUND 16Z WITH PROB30 TSRA
FROM 18-24Z. CIGS LIFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT EXPECT LOW
MVFR TO IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING...HAVE
INTRODUCED THEM AT 09Z FOR ATL. WINDS SE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM-HIGH ON TIMING AND HGT OF CIGS.
HIGH ON OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...MEDIUM ON IMPACTS.
HIGH ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS.

TDP

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          84  69  89  71 /  70  30  50  30
ATLANTA         85  71  88  72 /  80  50  50  30
BLAIRSVILLE     80  68  84  68 /  80  50  60  30
CARTERSVILLE    87  70  89  71 /  80  50  60  30
COLUMBUS        90  73  92  74 /  70  30  40  20
GAINESVILLE     83  70  86  71 /  80  50  50  30
MACON           88  70  91  73 /  50  20  40  20
ROME            86  71  88  71 /  80  50  70  30
PEACHTREE CITY  86  70  88  71 /  80  40  50  30
VIDALIA         90  73  91  73 /  20  10  40  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...TDP
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...TDP
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-080915-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
503 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
POSSIBLE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE
WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:44 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 AM EDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 AM     HEAVY RAIN       JASPER                  34.47N 84.43W
08/07/2013  E0.00 INCH       PICKENS            GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS WATER OVER CHURCH STREET AND
            BURTON STREET IN JASPER DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.

&&

DDARBE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon52 min
Aug 7, 2:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin6 hr
Aug 7, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Pickens6 hr
Aug 7, 5:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens6 hr
Aug 7, 5:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth15 hr
Aug 7, 6:53 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer8 hr
Aug 7, 7:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon6 hr
Aug 7, 8:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth6 hr
Aug 7, 9:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer5 hr
Aug 7, 9:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer5 hr
Aug 7, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta55 min
Aug 7, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens6 hr
Aug 7, 11:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta6 hr
Aug 7, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth54 min
Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth17 hr
Aug 7, 12:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee28 hr
Aug 7, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett57 min
Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson, Madison78 min
Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker64 min
Aug 7, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall59 min
Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more66 min
Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCCherokee6 hr
Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow66 min
Aug 7, 3:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee25 hr
Aug 7, 3:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton43 hr
Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes59 min
Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson65 min
Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon65 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield67 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren57 min
Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones61 min
Aug 7, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCBanks12 hr
Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens45 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga56 min
Aug 7, 5:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens12 hr
Aug 7, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk47 min
Aug 7, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson64 min
Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd56 min
Aug 7, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts59 min
Aug 7, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll59 min

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