Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 2015, 1:15 AM EST for Cobb County, Paulding County, 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 1:15 AM EST (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 7:15 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2:37 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Davis Crossroads, GA | THE STAGE HEIGHT ON A USGS GAGE ON THE ALLATOONA CREEK AT STILESBORO ROAD NEAR MARS HILL REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FEET. THE CREEK IS CONTINUING TO RISE SLOWLY. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS NEAR THE CREEK. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040
WGUS52 KFFC 040615
FFWFFC
GAC067-223-041215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0001.150104T0615Z-150104T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
115 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EST SUNDAY
* AT 112 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PASSING OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS AND CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO
RISE QUICKLY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON ALLATOONA CREEK WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARIETTA...DALLAS...SMYRNA...KENNESAW...ACWORTH...POWDER SPRINGS...
AUSTELL...HIRAM...BRASWELL...FAIR OAKS...LITHIA SPRINGS...DUE
WEST...KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY...JIM R MILLER PARK...SIX FLAGS
OVER GEORGIA...BROWNSVILLE...NEW HOPE...NEW GEORGIA...LOST MOUNTAIN
PARK AND BURNT HICKORY RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 WARNING AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3403 8495 3404 8494 3407 8453 3379 8452
3376 8455 3376 8459 3380 8462 3381 8472
3379 8473 3377 8485 3377 8488 3380 8497
$$
162 follow-up statements
433
WGUS72 KFFC 040740
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
240 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAC067-223-041215-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PAULDING GA-COBB GA-
240 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES...
AT 232 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. UP
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
AT 230 AM EST...THE STAGE HEIGHT ON ALLATOONA CREEK AT MARS HILL WAS
12.9 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN WILL CAUSE THE CREEK TO RISE TO NEAR 14 FEET LATER THIS MORNING.
MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS AND FIELDS NEAR THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON STILESBORO ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3403 8495 3404 8494 3407 8453 3379 8452
3376 8455 3376 8459 3380 8462 3381 8472
3379 8473 3377 8485 3377 8488 3380 8497
$$
16563
WGUS72 KFFC 041039
FFSFFC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAC067-223-041215-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PAULDING GA-COBB GA-
539 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES...
AT 535 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. UP
TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING
IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS ALLATOONA CREEK NEAR MARS HILL AND NOONDAY
CREEK NEAR WOODSTOCK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ANOTHER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3403 8495 3404 8494 3407 8453 3379 8452
3376 8455 3376 8459 3380 8462 3381 8472
3379 8473 3377 8485 3377 8488 3380 8497
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 7:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 8:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Union | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 9:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 9:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 10:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 22 min |
| Jan 3, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 10:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Jan 4, 1:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 26 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 3:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 3:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 5:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 5:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 46 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 4, 6:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot | 31 min |
| Jan 4, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Jan 4, 8:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 9:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 11:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 12:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 12:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 12:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 1:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 19 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 10 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.