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Flood Watch 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 201350 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jul 5, 2013, 2:51 PM EDT for 50 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jul 5, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2013, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 8, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 50 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow 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, 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, Polk County, GA, Rockdale 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), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 281 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

584 
WGUS62 KFFC 051851
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-066-067-060300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0009.130706T0000Z-130707T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130706T0000Z/
/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-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
  WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA TODAY.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS...
  COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAY BE
  SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH
  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.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
  WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE
  AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...
  MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED
  FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS
  OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD
  FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE
LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

GAZ056-057-068>070-078>080-089>092-102>104-060000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130706T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SPALDING-HENRY-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRIFFIN...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
  WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA TODAY.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS...
  COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAY BE
  SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH
  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.

&&

$$

GAZ027-036>039-046>051-058>062-071>076-081>086-093>098-105>113-
060000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130706T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-
MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-
LAURENS-TREUTLEN-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. 

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
  WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS...
  COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAY BE
  SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH
  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.

&&

$$
12 follow-up statements
341 
WGUS62 KFFC 060252
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-066-067-061100-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130707T1200Z/
/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-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1052 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND
  CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY
  THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES
  POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS... COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN...MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING AND FLASH
  FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE
  RULED OUT...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL
  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CREEKS...
  RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
743 
WGUS62 KFFC 060739
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

GAZ027-036>039-046>051-057-061545-
/O.EXB.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-
MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON
339 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... 
  NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN...WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-066-067-061545-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
339 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN...WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
253 
WGUS62 KFFC 061540
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-066-067-062345-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1140 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
  WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH
  SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE
  AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...
  WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA.
  LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN INDIVIDUAL
  STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THE
  MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND
  LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
146 
WGUS62 KFFC 061946
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-066-067-070400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY 
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE 
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN 
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT 
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
731 
WGUS62 KFFC 070130
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
930 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

GAZ066-067-070230-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TROUP-MERIWETHER-
930 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. EXPECTED RAINFALL THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN TROUP AND MERIWETHER
COUNTIES. 

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-071000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
930 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO
  COVINGTON...TO CRAWFORDVILLE.

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
155 
WGUS62 KFFC 070713
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 AM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-071515-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
313 AM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY 
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE 
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN 
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT 
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
534 
WGUS62 KFFC 071443
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1043 AM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-072245-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130708T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1043 AM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
  VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY
  THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
612 
WGUS62 KFFC 071856
FFAFFC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
256 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-080300-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130709T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
256 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING THROUGH THE
  OHIO VALLEY WILL KEEP ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
  GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY
  THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
097 
WGUS62 KFFC 080225
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1025 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-081030-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130709T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1025 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  FRANKLIN...TO COVINGTON...TO CRAWFORDVILLE.

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING THROUGH THE 
  OHIO VALLEY WILL KEEP ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND 
  CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY 
  THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 
  THESE AMOUNTS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN... WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE 
  WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN 
  INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT 
  RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 
  CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
079 
WGUS62 KFFC 080736
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
336 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-081545-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130709T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
336 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A WEAK FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP ABUNDANT
  MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
  THOUGH THESE AMOUNTS ARE RELATIVELY LOW...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE
  HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...IT MAY STILL BE SUFFICIENT
  TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
  CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN INDIVIDUAL STORMS...HOWEVER...AFTER
  SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
475 
WGUS62 KFFC 081618
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1218 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-090000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130709T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1218 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A WEAK FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP ABUNDANT 
  MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 
  THOUGH THESE AMOUNTS ARE RELATIVELY LOW...WHEN COMBINED WITH 
  THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...IT MAY STILL BE 
  SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED 
  FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN INDIVIDUAL STORMS... 
  HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THE MAIN 
  THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND 
  LOW-LYING AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
010 
WGUS62 KFFC 081939
FFAFFC

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-090000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130709T0000Z/
/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-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
339 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* A WEAK FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP ABUNDANT 
  MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 
  THOUGH THESE AMOUNTS ARE RELATIVELY LOW...WHEN COMBINED WITH 
  THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...IT MAY STILL BE 
  SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED 
  FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN INDIVIDUAL STORMS... 
  HOWEVER...AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THE MAIN 
  THREAT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND 
  LOW-LYING AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jul 5, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
136 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY PLUS VERY
STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC CONTINUE TO FUNNEL A
VERY MOIST AIRMASS INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH PW VALUES REMAINING
QUITE HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR /1.85 ON 00Z KFFC SOUNDING...MODEL
SOUNDINGS HOVERING BETWEEN 1.8 AND 2.0 INCHES THROUGH THE
SHORT-TERM/. A BIT OF DRY AIR...VERY NOTICEABLE AT 850MB WITH KFFC
DEWPOINT AT 00Z AT ONLY 9C WHEREAS KBMX AT 15C...HAS NOSED INTO THE
SOUTHEAST AS THE MOISTURE AXIS SHIFTED FARTHER WEST. VERY LITTLE
CHANGE TO THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE SHORT-TERM EXCEPT THAT ALL MODELS
ACTUALLY CLOSE OFF THE LOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. AT THAT POINT IT IS
PROGGED TO START SLOWLY LIFTING...THE ECMWF IS A LITTLE FASTER WITH
THIS THAN THE GFS. GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT RISES OR
FALLS ON THE 00Z 500MB ANALYSIS...AM INCLINED TO THINK THE SLOWER
SOLUTION MIGHT BE BETTER. THIS IS A BIGGER DIFFERENCE FOR THE FIRST
PART OF THE EXTENDED THAN FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS THOUGH.

FOR TODAY...A SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AS SEEN ON
00Z UA ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOULD LIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST
TODAY...PUSHING THE HIGH PW AXIS A LITTLE FARTHER EAST AND INTO THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. ADD TO THIS THE OROGRAPHIC LIFT ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA AND EXPECT THE SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN TO GENERALLY BE ON
THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE AND THEN SPREADING EAST ACROSS TO THE
NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. NAM AND GFS HAVE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN
MUCAPE VALUES THIS AFTERNOON...IN AN ODD REVERSAL GFS CLIMBS CAPES
TO OVER 1500 J/KG WHEREAS NAM KEEPS CAPES ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST
ZONES BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG. WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND VERY
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT...HAVE KEPT THUNDER TO SLIGHT CHANCE THIS
MORNING AND CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON...THINK IT WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS THAN THUNDER. NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE
CHANCES...BUT AS WITH THE PAST FEW DAYS CANNOT RULE OUT BRIEF WIND
GUSTS...AND IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT TAKE 50KT WINDS TO BRING DOWN
TREES WITH SOILS THIS SATURATED. WE LOSE THE WEAK 0-1KM SHEAR THAT
HAS BEEN IN PLACE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS SO EXPECT EVEN LESS WEAK
ROTATION TODAY THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. ALSO...HIRES
MODELS WANT TO DEVELOP CONVECTION ALONG THE SEABREEZE WORKING ITS
WAY INLAND AGAIN. OVERALL VERY HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT WHAT
EXACTLY WILL HAPPEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO ALONG THE WESTERN
BORDER AND ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WENT CATEGORICAL POPS...BUT KEPT IT
TO HIGH CHANCE OR LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ZONES UNTIL WE GET A
BETTER HANDLE ON TRENDS.

ON SATURDAY...AGAIN FOR THE MOST PART THE HIGH PW AND THUS HEAVY
RAIN AXIS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY ACROSS ALABAMA...BUT KEPT THE TREND
OF HIGH POPS ALONG THE GA/AL BORDER AND ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL /8-10 DEGREES IN GENERAL/ GIVEN
WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER. MOS NOT QUITE PICKING UP ON HOW COOL TEMPS
HAVE BEEN AND 5-DAY BIASES FOR ALL SITES INDICATE WE HAVE BEEN A
COUPLE OF DEGREES TOO WARM. STARTED WITH A BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND AND
REDUCED TEMPS BY AN ADDITIONAL DEGREE OR TWO. STILL NOT REALLY IN
DANGER OF MEETING RECORD LOW HIGHS THOUGH THE FORECAST HIGH FOR CSG
IS ONLY A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF /FOR TODAY...AHN 70...ATL 70...CSG
78...MCN 75/. INTERESTING THAT THE FORECAST FOR ATL...FOR EXAMPLE...
IS 21 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE HIGH LAST YEAR /WHICH SET A RECORD AT
100 DEGREES/.

HYDROLOGY...
WENT GENERALLY WITH HPC QPF VALUES WHICH KEEP PRECIP BETWEEN 1/2 TO
3/4 INCH TODAY NORTH AND WEST...LESS SOUTHEAST...AND MAYBE ANOTHER
1/4 TO 1/2 ON SATURDAY. WITH THAT...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT. WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS...
WITH SUCH HIGH PW VALUES IN PLACE...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH THE SHORT-TERM ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS AND ANY LOCATIONS WHERE STORMS TRAIN.

TDP

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

THE EXTENDED PERIOD CONTINUES WET WITH PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER
THE MISSOURI VALLEY SPAWNING ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY SATURDAY
NIGHT. THIS UPPER SUPPORT ALONG WITH PWATS REMAINING WELL ABOVE 2
INCHES WILL ALLOW FOR LIKELY POPS EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD
WITH HEALTHY AMOUNTS OF QPF IN THE .30 TO .50 RANGE FOR SIX HOUR
PERIODS. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...UPPER LOW WILL TRANSITION INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY WITH GFS DEPICTING UPPER TROUGH AXIS INTO NORTHERN
GEORGIA. WITH CONTINUED AMPLE MOISTURE...EXPECT CATEGORICAL POPS
GIVEN SHORTWAVE ENERGY AVAILABLE TO FUEL STORM DEVELOPMENT.

AS LOW FINALLY KICKS OUT THROUGH MIDWEEK...MOISTURE AXIS PIVOTS
BUT REMAINS OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA PORTION. ALTHOUGH UPPER ENERGY
WILL NOT BE AS PREVALENT...SHOULD SEE MORE THAN ENOUGH INGREDIENTS
TO WARRANT HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GFS
INDICATES 48 HOUR TOTALS ENDING THU MORNING OF AN ADDITIONAL 2
INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN TIER WHICH WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
CONCERNS PENDING WHAT TAKES PLACE THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

BY LATE WED INTO THU...UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF BECOMES MORE OF A
PROMINENT FEATURE AS INFLUENCES OF ATLANTIC UPPER HIGH ABATE.
MEANWHILE...NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DIGS SOUTHWARD WITH A
SURFACE BOUNDARY ENTERING NORTH GEORGIA THU AFTERNOON. MOISTURE
POOLING ALONG THIS FEATURE WILL INCREASE POPS ONCE AGAIN AND WILL
CARRY HIGH MID RANGE POPS IN GRIDS FOR NOW.

GIVEN TIME OF YEAR...BOUNDARY DOES NOT MAKE IT VERY FAR INTO THE
FORECAST AREA BEFORE STALLING. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN
DEVELOPING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REGIME WILL KEEP POPS AT OR ABOVE
CLIMO THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH TEMPS AT OR BELOW NORMAL.

DEESE

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
MOST AREAS HAVE GONE VFR AND THOSE THAT HAVENT SHOULD GO VFR IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO. SOUTH OF AN AHN-CSG LINE SKIES HAVE DONE PARTLY
SUNNY AND WITH SURFACE HEATING SHOWERS/TSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING. THESE
WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR THUNDER
IS LOW ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT OF TAFS AT THIS TIME BUT CANT RULE IT OUT
COMPLETELY. CIGS WILL DROP TO IFR TONIGHT AND BACK TO MVFR SATURDAY.
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CSG/ATL/AHN AREAS THROUGH
TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
HIGH ON WINDS.
MEDIUM ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS.

17

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          82  69  84  71 /  90  60  70  50
ATLANTA         79  70  80  71 / 100  70  80  50
BLAIRSVILLE     75  65  76  67 / 100  80  90  60
CARTERSVILLE    79  70  79  71 / 100  80  90  60
COLUMBUS        80  71  83  74 / 100  60  80  50
GAINESVILLE     78  68  79  70 / 100  70  80  60
MACON           83  70  85  71 /  80  40  60  40
ROME            78  70  80  72 / 100  90  90  60
PEACHTREE CITY  79  70  80  71 / 100  60  80  50
VIDALIA         87  72  88  72 /  40  30  40  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
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.

&&

SHORT TERM...ATWELL
LONG TERM....ATWELL
AVIATION...TDP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:39 AM EDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-060945-
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-
539 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

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

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

AMPLE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE STATE WITH SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE GROUND ACROSS
THE AREA IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN LEAD TO
FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH
TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER
FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR
GREATER. WITH SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH WIND TO DOWN TREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD...THERE WILL STILL
BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTHWEST GEORGIA LOOKS TO
SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND THERE IS
SOME CONCERN THAT ACCUMULATING HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS MAY LEAD TO
MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS PLANNING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

.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, Jul 5, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
148 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2013

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

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S MCRAE               32.00N 82.90W
07/02/2013                   TELFAIR            GA   OTHER FEDERAL

            THE STAGE HEIGHT AT A USGS STREAM GAGE ON THE TURNPIKE
            CREEK AT U.S. HIGHWAYS 319 AND 441 REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF
            10 FEET. THE CREEK CREST AT 10.1 FEET WITH MINOR FLOODING
            OF WOODLANDS AND FIELDS.

&&

KFRANTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 11:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCElbert, Madison, Oglethorpe11 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWashington19 hr
Jul 5, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oglethorpe51 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta35 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs44 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb48 min
Jul 5, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton27 min
Jul 5, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp31 min
Jul 5, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Taylor45 min
Jul 5, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether35 min

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