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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2014, 2:35 PM EDT for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2014, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2014, 3:05 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 river
Written for the forecast point Etowah River at GA 9 near Dawsonville (DWSG1).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02389150, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS42 KFFC 071835
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING DAWSON AND FORSYTH
COUNTIES
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.
THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
&&
GAC085-117-080705-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0065.140407T1835Z-140408T0705Z/
/DWSG1.1.ER.140407T1741Z.140408T0000Z.140408T0105Z.NO/
235 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE .
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 2 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO
CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING...REACHING NEAR 13.2 FEET THIS EVENING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.
* AT 13 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED AND MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN SOUTH
DAWSON COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS ON NICHOLSON ROAD IN NORTHWEST
FORSYTH COUNTY AND WATER WILL BE AROUND ONE FOOT DEEP ON THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3441 8408 3436 8404 3435 8411 3428 8425
3434 8427 3440 8417
$$2 follow-up statements
041
WGUS82 KFFC 072113
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
ALCOVY RIVER NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AFFECTING GWINNETT AND WALTON
COUNTIES
ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING DAWSON AND FORSYTH
COUNTIES
ETOWAH RIVER NEAR EAST CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
LITTLE RIVER NEAR WOODSTOCK AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR BOWDEN AFFECTING CARROLL COUNTY
TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR TALLAPOOSA AFFECTING HARALSON COUNTY
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS COBB PARKWAY AFFECTING COBB AND
FULTON COUNTIES
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS PACES FERRY ROAD AFFECTING COBB
AND FULTON COUNTIES
NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS AFFECTING COBB COUNTY
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR LILBURN AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY
OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES
GAC085-117-080705-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140408T0705Z/
/DWSG1.1.ER.140407T1741Z.140408T0000Z.140408T0105Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE .
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* AT 13 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED AND MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN
SOUTH DAWSON COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON NICHOLSON ROAD IN
NORTHWEST FORSYTH COUNTY. THE WATER WILL BE AROUND ONE FOOT DEEP ON
THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3441 8408 3436 8404 3435 8411 3428 8425
3434 8427 3440 8417
$$
GAC057-081113-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0067.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ECTG1.1.ER.140407T1845Z.140407T2045Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR EAST CANTON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET.
* AT 18 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS
ALONG THE RIVER GENERALLY EAST OF CANTON NEAR THE INTERSTATE 575
BRIDGE. A ROCK LANDING AND GRASSY LOT BEHIND THE PUMP STATION OFF
OF RIVERSTONE PARKWAY BEGINS TO FLOOD. FLOODING ALSO OCCURS IN
AREAS BEHIND THE BUSINESSES ON OLD BALL GROUND HIGHWAY AND KEITH
DRIVE.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 8427 3428 8425 3427 8436 3422 8446
3427 8450 3433 8440
$$
GAC057-081113-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0061.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/WODG1.1.ER.140407T1615Z.140407T2015Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE RIVER NEAR WOODSTOCK.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.
* AT 11 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN
THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT
OLD GEORGIA HIGHWAY 5. A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP JUST DOWNSTREAM AND ON
THE RIGHT BANK FROM THE BRIDGE WILL BE UNDER ONE FOOT OF WATER. LOW
LYING AREAS OF THE SOUTH CHEROKEE RECREATION PARK AND THE SOCCER
FIELDS OFF DRUW CAMERON DRIVE WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
&&
LAT...LON 3415 8438 3410 8434 3407 8448 3414 8461
3418 8456 3414 8447
$$
GAC045-081113-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0064.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/BWNG1.1.ER.140407T1455Z.140407T1800Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR BOWDEN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET.
* AT 17 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 100.
&&
LAT...LON 3360 8515 3355 8511 3348 8517 3345 8530
3351 8531 3354 8519
$$
GAC143-081112-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0068.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/TLAG1.1.ER.140407T1832Z.140407T2000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR TALLAPOOSA.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET.
* AT 16 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE GAGE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 78.
&&
LAT...LON 3386 8528 3384 8521 3377 8525 3371 8535
3377 8536 3381 8531
$$
GAC067-121-081112-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/VIXG1.1.ER.140407T1454Z.140407T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS COBB PARKWAY.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS IN THE WOODLANDS AND AFFECTS
LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA ALONG
THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON COBB PARKWAY.
THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE AROUND ONE FOOT DEEP IN PORTIONS OF THE
PARKING LOT AND OVER THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE RECREATION AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3393 8447 3391 8440 3382 8442 3383 8449
$$
GAC067-121-080850-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140408T0850Z/
/VING1.1.ER.140407T1600Z.140408T0000Z.140408T0250Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS PACES FERRY ROAD.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY THIS EVENING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE
WOODLANDS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON
PACES FERRY ROAD. PORTIONS OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND TRACK AT
LOVETT SCHOOL AND BACKYARDS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON COCHISE
DRIVE...PACES FERRY DRIVE AND FARMINGTON DRIVE WILL BE UNDER 3 FEET
OF WATER.
&&
LAT...LON 3393 8447 3391 8440 3382 8442 3383 8449
$$
GAC067-080322-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140408T0322Z/
/NOSG1.1.ER.140407T1839Z.140407T2030Z.140407T2122Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CREST THIS EVENING NEAR 11.5 FEET...THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* AT 11 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN
THE WOODLANDS AND THE NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE GAGE AT POWDER SPRINGS ROAD. A WALKWAY PARALLEL TO THE
CREEK ON THE RIGHT BANK WILL BE UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER.
&&
LAT...LON 3381 8467 3386 8469 3395 8466 3394 8458
3386 8462 3383 8460
$$
GAC135-297-080835-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0062.000000T0000Z-140408T0835Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.140407T1610Z.140407T2100Z.140408T0235Z.UU/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE ALCOVY RIVER NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.
* AT 10 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE
WOODLANDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RIVER GAUGE AT NEW HOPE
ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379
$$
GAC135-081112-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/STWG1.1.ER.140407T1141Z.140407T1730Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR LILBURN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.
* AT 11 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWOOD COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE UPSTREAM FROM
THE GAGE ON CLUB DRIVE...AND IN THE WOODLAND AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE GAGE AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR MILES UNTIL THE CREEK MERGES WITH
THE YELLOW RIVER. AN OLD CONCRETE GOLF CART BRIDGE AROUND 300 FEET
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408 3389 8412
$$
GAC059-133-219-081112-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0063.140409T0120Z-140410T0409Z/
/PNFG1.1.ER.140409T0120Z.140409T1200Z.140409T2209Z.NO/
513 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD.
* FROM TOMORROW LATE EVENING UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 400 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.3 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 15 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO FIELDS...
WOODLANDS AND PASTURES...MAINLY ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER...
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 15
BRIDGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3364 8325 3364 8333 3383 8333 3384 8327
$$669
WGUS82 KFFC 072247
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING DAWSON AND FORSYTH
COUNTIES
LITTLE RIVER NEAR WOODSTOCK AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
NANCY CREEK WEST WESLEY RD. NEAR ATLANTA AFFECTING FULTON COUNTY
ALCOVY RIVER NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AFFECTING GWINNETT AND WALTON
COUNTIES
GAC085-117-072316-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140408T0705Z/
/DWSG1.1.ER.140407T1741Z.140407T1915Z.140407T2133Z.NO/
646 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR DAWSONVILLE .
* THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
* AT 615 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3441 8408 3436 8404 3435 8411 3428 8425
3434 8427 3440 8417
$$
GAC057-072316-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0061.000000T0000Z-140407T2246Z/
/WODG1.1.ER.140407T1615Z.140407T2015Z.140407T2152Z.NO/
646 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE LITTLE RIVER NEAR WOODSTOCK.
* THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31.
* AT 615 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3415 8438 3410 8434 3407 8448 3414 8461
3418 8456 3414 8447
$$
GAC121-072316-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0058.000000T0000Z-140407T2246Z/
/NANG1.1.ER.140407T1430Z.140407T1900Z.140407T2208Z.NO/
646 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE NANCY CREEK WEST WESLEY RD. NEAR ATLANTA.
* THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31.
* AT 630 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 8444 3384 8440 3382 8441 3383 8446
$$
GAC135-297-072316-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0062.000000T0000Z-140408T0835Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.140407T1610Z.140407T1915Z.140407T2142Z.UU/
646 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE ALCOVY RIVER NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE.
* THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 630 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 7, 1:48 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 1:48 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 148 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 121 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014/ UPDATE... CLEARED ANOTHER COUPLE ROWS OF COUNTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TORNADO WATCH ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GA AS THE SHEAR LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST. ALTHOUGH THE TOR THREAT IS MINIMAL IN THE REMAINING WATCH AREA... INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH CONTINUED STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL WARRANT PLAYING IT SAFE AND KEEPING COUNTIES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE STRONGER LINE OF STORMS UNTIL THIS LINE PASSES TO THE EAST. ALSO NOTED ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AL. WILL CONTINUE WATCHING THIS DEVELOPMENT CLOSELY... AS CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM ALONG THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MAINLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. WE ALSO MADE SOME TWEAKS TO TEMPS... POPS AND WEATHER WITH THIS UPDATE. 31/39 UPDATE... /ISSUED AT 1139 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014/ HAVE MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO WATCH AREA TO REMOVE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE THREAT OF A TORNADO. BEST SHEAR AND INSTABILITY HAVE SHIFTED FARTHER SOUTH...AND BEST LINE OF CONVECTION STILL HOLDING TOGETHER MOVING THROUGH THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES AND EXTENDING INTO THE GREATER MACON AREA THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN...WITH NUMEROUS GAGES IN THE ATL METRO AREA RISING TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST 36-HOURS HAVE BEEN 3-3.5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WESTERN GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 4 INCHES IN THE FAR WESTERN ATL METRO AND GREATER COLUMBUS AREAS. WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE NECESSARY UPDATES TO THE GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST MODELS AND RADAR TRENDS. OVERALL...LINE OF CONVECTION EVEN ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA IS PROGRESSIVELY LOOKING LESS ROBUST IN OUR CWA. MODELS INDICATING BEST CO-LOCATED SHEAR AND CAPE WOULD BE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING IN THAT AREA...WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT STILL REMAINS IMPRESSIVE...HOWEVER...AND HAVE NOTICED WEAK ROTATIONS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE ALREADY THIS MORNING. A TORNADO OR TWO MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE STATE. 31 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 751 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014/ UPDATE... ADJUSTED POPS AND SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL SOME FOR TODAY BASED ON UPDATED HI-RES GUIDANCE AND OBSERVED TRENDS. POTENTIAL FOR SOME REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH STILL SOME LINGERING CAPE AND SHEAR. WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR TRENDS BUT STILL LOOKING LIKE BEST SEVERE OR ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT IS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GA THIS MORNING INTO AFTERNOON. BAKER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 547 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ACTIVE FIRST PERIOD ON TAP WITH DEEPENING GULF LOW SET TO TRACK RAPIDLY NEWD WITH AID OF POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE SWINGING NEGATIVE INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS BY MIDDAY. LINGERING CAD WEDGE IN PLACE ACROSS NE GA THAT HAS MAINLY SERVED TO STABILIZE THE AREA AND ALLOW FOR ELEVATED EMBEDDED THUNDER. HAVE RECENTLY OBSERVED DISCRETE CELL TRENDS WITH GOOD ROTATION WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS IS PROGGED TO BECOME THE ENVIRONMENT FOR MAINLY CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER ABOUT 12Z THIS MORNING. SYSTEM HAS OVERALL HAD A QUICKER TREND WITH THE MAIN PRECIP EVOLUTION. HI-RES GUIDANCE HAS AN INTERESTING SPREAD OF SOLUTIONS...BUT THE WRF-NMM AND HRRR HAVE APPEARED TO VERIFY THE BEST NEAR ONSET SO HAVE TRENDED POPS CLOSE TO THESE. THIS IN TURN BRINGS A LINE OF EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS WITH POSSIBLE DISCRETE CELLS AHEAD MAINLY SOUTH OF ATLANTA AND ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER 12Z. THE CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY STRONG WINDS FROM ANY CELLS TRANSPORTING MOMENTUM DOWN FROM THE 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN ANY LEADING DISCRETE CELLS/MERGERS AND POSSIBLE INTERACTION WITH LINGERING WEDGE FRONT. THE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT REMAINS IMPRESSIVE WITH NEARLY 40 KTS OF 0-1 BULK...AND PROGGED 200-400 0-1 KM HELICITY FOR CENTRAL GA TODAY WITH OF COURSE HIGHER VALUES IN THE MORE STABLE WEDGED NE PORTION OF THE STATE. SREF SIG TOR PARAMETER OF 1-2 NOSES UP INTO THE SOUTHEAST PORTION TODAY AS WELL. MAIN SEVERE/TOR THREAT LOOKS TO BE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LAGRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO WASHINGTON LINE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FLOOD CONCERN CONTINUES MAINLY ACROSS THE CURRENT WATCH AREA BUT THE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED SOME FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST THOUGH COULD STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED EFFECTS. PWATS IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE OF LOCAL CLIMO STILL SUPPORT HIGHLY EFFICIENT GULF MOISTURE AND TRAINING OF CELLS TODAY WILL RAISE FLASH FLOOD OR AREAL FLOOD CONCERNS. UPPER TROUGH AXIS STILL WEST OF AREA WILL BRING A COLD POOL ALOFT AND SOME ENHANCED MOISTURE FOR TUESDAY WITH SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY AS WELL. HAVE THEREFORE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS AND SLIGHT THUNDER POTENTIAL MAINLY IN NORTH GA FOR AFTERNOON. HAVE LOWERED TEMPS DOWN IN THE NORTH TODAY GIVEN THE RESULT FROM YESTERDAY AND WEDGE MOISTURE OVERRUN. WENT WITH BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. BAKER LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAIN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT KEEPING THE RISK OF PRECIP ACROSS THE CWA. LAPSE RATES REMAIN STRONG AS THE COLD CORE MOVES OVER THE CWA AND THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A CHANCE OF TSTORMS. THE RISK OF THUNDER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE CWA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT WITH 30S AND 40S FOR LOWS...THEN THE UPPER PATTERN BECOMES ZONAL BRINGING A WARMING TREND. THE NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE CWA WILL BE LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY TIME FRAME. MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF PRECIP. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. 17 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... LIFR TO IFR CIGS AND IFR/MVFR VSBYS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DEGRADING AGAIN TO IFR OVERNIGHT. IMMEDIATE TS CONCERN ONLY FOR MCN AS MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION PUSHES INTO SOUTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. BEHIND THIS MAIN AREA...NEW DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING TO OCCUR. ISOLATED TS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CHANCES ARE LOW ENOUGH AT THIS TIME NOT TO INCLUDE IN TAFS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SW 19-21Z AND THEN TO THE NW BY 02-04Z. SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT 8-12KT THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH LOW END GUSTS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND AGAIN TUESDAY LATE MORNING. SOME CIG IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 60 48 65 45 / 100 50 20 20 ATLANTA 63 47 62 48 / 100 20 20 30 BLAIRSVILLE 57 42 60 41 / 100 20 20 30 CARTERSVILLE 63 45 63 44 / 80 20 30 30 COLUMBUS 71 51 67 48 / 100 40 20 30 GAINESVILLE 56 47 63 47 / 100 30 20 20 MACON 70 53 67 45 / 100 70 20 20 ROME 64 45 64 43 / 50 20 30 50 PEACHTREE CITY 66 46 64 44 / 100 20 20 30 VIDALIA 71 57 68 50 / 100 70 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLECKLEY...DODGE...EMANUEL...JOHNSON...LAURENS... MONTGOMERY...PULASKI...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...WHEELER... WILCOX. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS... CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE... CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DADE... DAWSON...DEKALB...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD... FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK... HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER... JONES...LAMAR...LUMPKIN...MACON...MADISON...MARION... MERIWETHER...MONROE...MORGAN...MURRAY...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON... NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PEACH... PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY... SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT... TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TOWNS...TROUP...TWIGGS...UNION...UPSON... WALKER...WALTON...WEBSTER...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILCOX... WILKES...WILKINSON. && SHORT TERM...31 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...31
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 12:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1210 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-081000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 1210 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF MAINLY CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA... BUT WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING... AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT AS MORE DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT AND TODAY HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS TO GO INTO MINOR FLOOD... AND ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. FOR THIS REASON A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING AS GRADUAL RISES ON CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE... EVEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS STOPPED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DIMINISHING... INSTABILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS INDICATE THAT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... BUT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN AMERICUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON LINE WHERE THE GREATER INSTABILITIES AND WIND SHEAR ARE EXPECTED DURING DAYTIME HEATING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES OVER THE REGION. INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS AND THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1053 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ080-092-093-095-104>106-071545-
1053 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND 45 MPH WINDS IN
SUMTER... SCHLEY... MACON... TAYLOR... CRISP... DOOLY AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM EDT...
AT 1053 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR MAUK TO ABOUT
20 MILES WEST OF PLAINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8381 3184 8394 3191 8394 3191 8433
3187 8435 3196 8445 3243 8439 3254 8445
3272 8433 3274 8424 3268 8419 3268 8410
3264 8406 3259 8407 3253 8400 3250 8402
3251 8393 3235 8357 3225 8362 3180 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 260DEG 34KT 3255 8438 3219 8441
3194 8467Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1133 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ090-091-102-103-071630-
1133 AM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING IN
PARTS OF WEBSTER...STEWART...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL
1230 PM EDT...
AT 1133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRAIN ACROSS
WEBSTER... STEWART... MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES. THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF RAIN
OVER AN ALREADY VERY SATURATED GROUND... WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS.
RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
DO NOT TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER
DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8492 3197 8497 3198 8506 3215 8506
3226 8490 3232 8501 3237 8499 3241 8488
3242 8477 3252 8471 3252 8457 3255 8456
3256 8445 3243 8439 3230 8439 3230 8441
3223 8441 3223 8443 3193 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 257DEG 19KT 3233 8493 3218 8486
3195 8502Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1203 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ074>076-080>085-092>097-104>109-071700-
1203 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...
WASHINGTON...TWIGGS...SUMTER...SCHLEY...PULASKI...PEACH...LAURENS...
JOHNSON...WILKINSON...MACON...TAYLOR...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CRAWFORD...
CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...GLASCOCK...HOUSTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 100 PM EDT...
AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUES TO TRAIN
ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS.
AS A RESULT... RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG
THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
DO NOT TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER
DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8385 3191 8394 3187 8435 3195 8444
3254 8445 3272 8433 3270 8420 3285 8412
3285 8389 3295 8373 3284 8351 3301 8315
3295 8307 3308 8304 3333 8258 3325 8224
3285 8230 3281 8242 3231 8272 3184 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 256DEG 52KT 3270 8340 3234 8356
3194 8389Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1231 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ090-091-102-103-071745-
1231 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WEBSTER...
STEWART...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 1227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD TO
WESTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
TRAIN OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WEBSTER...STEWART...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND OMAHA...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...FORT
BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIRFIELD...SANFORD...LOUVALE...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH
FORT BENNING...LUMPKIN...AND TROUTMAN. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO
MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 8492 3195 8497 3198 8496 3200 8507
3213 8506 3226 8490 3232 8501 3237 8499
3241 8488 3242 8477 3252 8471 3254 8465
3252 8457 3255 8456 3254 8451 3256 8449
3256 8445 3243 8439 3191 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 251DEG 48KT 3243 8494 3225 8482
3200 8479Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1258 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ074-076-083>086-095>098-104>113-071800-
1258 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...WHEELER...
WASHINGTON...TWIGGS...TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...SUMTER...
PULASKI...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON...BLECKLEY...
CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...HOUSTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 1253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MOXLEY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUBLE
RUN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
DUBOIS...GRESSTON...YONKERS...RODDY...EMPIRE...CHESTER...PLEASANT
VIEW...POPE CITY...SEVILLE...DOUBLE RUN...PINEVIEW...PITTS...PULASKI
STATE PRISON...OCMULGEE BANKS AND WALLACE. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8318 3185 8360 3180 8362 3180 8377
3185 8395 3191 8397 3270 8332 3308 8258
3305 8228 3284 8231 3282 8215 3261 8200
3254 8203 3251 8215 3236 8224 3218 8218
3191 8222 3195 8256 3178 8286 3177 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 269DEG 45KT 3290 8236 3259 8298
3231 8320 3180 8357Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:59 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
159 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
GAZ085-086-097-098-109>113-071900-
159 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHEELER...
TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...DODGE
AND EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CANOOCHEE TO CHINA HILL...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARWE LOCATED ACROSS TELFAIR
COUNTY AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WHEELER COUNTY
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
WHEELER...TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...
JOHNSON...DODGE AND EMANUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE
PARK...TEMPERANCE...MILAN...HELENA...JAY BIRD SPRINGS...ACHORD...
GODWINSVILLE...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...BLACKVILLE...ORIANNA...ORLAND...
ROCKLEDGE...MINTER AND LOWERY.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8314 3197 8327 3277 8268 3280 8249
3276 8243 3278 8240 3280 8241 3281 8213
3266 8208 3260 8200 3254 8203 3255 8208
3251 8215 3236 8224 3218 8218 3192 8222
3196 8248 3192 8267 3178 8286 3177 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 264DEG 27KT 3273 8217 3241 8260
3184 8310The 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, 7:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 6 hr |
| 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, 2:52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.