Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellijay, GA | THREE HOUSES FLOODED FROM COX CREEK NEAR HWY 52 AND BOARDTOWN ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
153 WGUS52 KFFC 231745 FFWFFC GAC123-232345- /O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0011.140623T1745Z-140623T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 145 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTAINTOWN AND ELLIJAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... MOUNTAINTOWN CREEK...EAST MOUNTAINTOWN CREEK...CONASAUGA CREEK... HARPER CREEK...DAVIS CREEK...KELLS CREEK...THE ELLIJAY RIVER... RODGERS CREEK...TURNIPTOWN CREEK...OWLTOWN CREEK...GUNSTOCK BRANCH...FIR CREEK AND FLAT CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS AND WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 3477 8461 3476 8445 3465 8445 3463 8460 $$
1 follow-up statement
412 WGUS72 KFFC 232027 FFSFFC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 427 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 GAC123-232033- /O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140623T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GILMER GA- 427 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY... THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND FLOOD WATERS ON AREA CREEKS HAVE SUBSIDED. WATER LEVELS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE ON LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE VICINITY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS... HOWEVER THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FLOOD LEVEL. COX CREEK...WHICH HAD RISEN OUT OF ITS BANKS AND THREATENED 4 HOUSES EARLIER TODAY...HAS RECEDED AND IS BACK WITHIN ITS BANKS. IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. LAT...LON 3477 8461 3476 8445 3465 8445 3463 8460 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cobb | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Peach | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oglethorpe | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 53 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
Sources
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.