Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2014, 7:17 AM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- Apr 7, 2014, 7:17 AM EDT (11:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2014, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:55 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Bowdon, GA | THE STAGE HEIGHT OF A USGS STREAM GAGE ON THE LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER AT GEORGIA HIGHWAY 100 REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 17 FEET. THE RIVER CREST AT 17.6 FEET. MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS AND FIELDS NEAR THE RIVER OCCURRED. |
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 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
386
WGUS52 KFFC 071117
FFWFFC
GAC045-077-097-121-149-071715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.140407T1117Z-140407T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
717 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT MONDAY
* AT 705 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 400 AM
EDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH 1000 AM EDT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...UNION CITY...PALMETTO...FAIRBURN...
DOUGLASVILLE...WHITESBURG...ROOPVILLE...BOWDON...CARROLLTON AND
MOUNT ZION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3380 8462 3375 8458 3376 8454 3365 8445
3355 8446 3352 8459 3348 8463 3344 8463
3317 8525 3360 8533
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Polk, Walker | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding and 3 more | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 4:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Heard, Paulding | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 6:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 60 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 7:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 4 more | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 8:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 8:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 3 more | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 8:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley and 5 more | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 9:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston and 9 more | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 10:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 56 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 22 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 60 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 46 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 27 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 3 days |
| Apr 7, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 22 min |
| Apr 7, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Glascock, Houston, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 4 more | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 10:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 10:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 11:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly and 15 more | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 74 min |
| Apr 7, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 71 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 2:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 47 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 3 days |
| Apr 7, 7:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 13 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.