Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Oct 14, 2014, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)

Expired

Oct 14, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dade County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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059 
WGUS52 KFFC 141416
FFWFFC
GAC083-142015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0040.141014T1416Z-141014T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1016 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 1000 AM EDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED     
  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRENTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PORTIONS OF DADE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...SINCE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT IN ADDITION TO LOOKOUT CREEK AT NEW 
ENGLAND BEING OUT OF ITS BANKS...SEVERAL AREA ROADS REMAIN CLOSED 
DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 
THE AFTERNOON. 

AT 10 AM EDT LOOKOUT CREEK AT NEW ENGLAND WAS AT 15.5 FEET AND WAS 
NEARLY STEADY. THE CREEK WILL SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON...THEN IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.
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 3499 8536 3498 8536 3484 8545 3477 8545
      3465 8552 3466 8555 3468 8556 3498 8561
      3499 8547

$$

406 
WGUS72 KFFC 141852
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAC083-142015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141014T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE GA-
252 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR DADE
COUNTY...

AT 245 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT
SOME CLOSED ROADS DUE TO FLOODING PRIMARILY NEAR LOOKOUT CREEK AND 
ITS ASSOCIATED SMALL TRIBUTARIES. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT.

A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW 
ENGLAND SINCE THE FLOOD WATERS WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS TO 
RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8536 3498 8536 3484 8545 3477 8545
      3465 8552 3466 8555 3468 8556 3498 8561
      3499 8547

$$



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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.