Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 2:16 PM EDT for Fannin County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2014, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fannin County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506
WGUS52 KFFC 161816
FFWFFC
GAC111-170015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.140616T1816Z-140617T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 206 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 MARGRET
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS WOODLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE MAIN CREEKS IMPACTED ARE FRICK
CREEK AND NOONTOOTLA CREEK.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
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 3467 8414 3462 8418 3462 8419 3463 8419
3467 8425 3472 8425 3475 8427 3476 8414
$$2 follow-up statements
706
WGUS72 KFFC 161938
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
338 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
GAC111-170015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FANNIN GA-
338 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY...
AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARGRET
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS WOODLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN FELL MAINLY ON
THE UPPER REACHES OF THE NOONTOOTLA CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 8414 3462 8418 3462 8419 3463 8419
3467 8425 3472 8425 3475 8427 3476 8414
$$846
WGUS72 KFFC 162218
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
GAC111-162227-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FANNIN GA-
618 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN
COUNTY...
THE HEAVY RAIN IS LONG SINCE OVER AND THE CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA
ARE BELOW FLOOD LEVEL AND FALLING.
IF YOU SAW 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 3467 8414 3462 8418 3462 8419 3463 8419
3467 8425 3472 8425 3475 8427 3476 8414
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 63 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.