Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 2, 2014, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 022149
FFWFFC
GAC015-057-129-030145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0022.140802T2149Z-140803T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALACOA
  VALLEY...FUNKHOUSER AND FAIRMOUNT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PINHOOK CREEK...SALACOA CREEK...LICK CREEK...PINE LOG CREEK...LITTLE
CREEK...CEDAR CREEK...FULLER BRANCH...LITTLE PINE LOG CREEK...SHOAL
CREEK...BALLARD CREEK...ROCK CREEK...WILEY CREEK...SCHOOLHOUSE
CREEK...SUGAR HILL CREEK...LIPSCOMB BRANCH...SHUT-IN CREEK...LOST
TOWN CREEK...STAMP CREEK...PETTIT CREEK...CLEAR CREEK...WOLFPEN
BRANCH AND GUTHRIE CREEK.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLANDS AND
WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3444 8465 3441 8465 3441 8458 3438 8458
      3438 8454 3429 8461 3428 8473 3434 8484
      3444 8479 3447 8472

$$

838 
WGUS72 KFFC 022310
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

GAC015-057-129-030145-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140803T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-GORDON GA-
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GORDON...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN BARTOW
COUNTIES...

AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 
RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 
FELL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRMOUNT... 
FUNKHOUSER...PINE LOG AND SALACOA VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLANDS AND
WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3444 8465 3441 8465 3441 8458 3438 8458
      3438 8454 3429 8461 3428 8473 3434 8484
      3444 8479 3447 8472

$$

579 
WGUS72 KFFC 030029
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
829 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

GAC015-057-129-030037-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140803T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-GORDON GA-
829 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GORDON...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTIES...

THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE DISSIPATED... AND ADDITIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE... THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR GORDON... CHEROKEE AND BARTOW COUNTIES HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. 

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.

LAT...LON 3444 8465 3441 8465 3441 8458 3438 8458
      3438 8454 3429 8461 3428 8473 3434 8484
      3444 8479 3447 8472

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.