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Flood Watch 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Dec 21, 2015, 2:33 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 22, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2015, 2:33 PM EST (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- None
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
461 WGUS62 KFFC 211933 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 233 PM EST MON DEC 21 2015 ...INCREASING FLOOD THREAT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA... BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. TWO TO THREE DAY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-220345- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0006.151222T1800Z-151225T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 233 PM EST MON DEC 21 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN...BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS IN SOME LOCATIONS. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ DJN
15 follow-up statements
296 WGUS62 KFFC 220400 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 PM EST MON DEC 21 2015 ...INCREASING FLOOD THREAT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA... BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. TWO TO THREE DAY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-222000- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.151222T1800Z-151225T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1100 PM EST MON DEC 21 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN...BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS IN SOME LOCATIONS. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
800 WGUS62 KFFC 221024 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 524 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...INCREASING FLOOD THREAT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. TWO TO THREE DAY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221830- /O.EXT.KFFC.FA.A.0006.151222T1800Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 524 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN...BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS IN SOME LOCATIONS. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
022 WGUS62 KFFC 221659 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1159 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230200- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.151222T1800Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1159 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LAST NIGHT RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
131 WGUS62 KFFC 221659 CCA FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1159 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230200- /O.COR.KFFC.FA.A.0006.151222T1800Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1159 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LAST NIGHT RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && CORRECTED TO ADD ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. $$
156 WGUS62 KFFC 230116 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 816 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231030- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 816 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. ALSO...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
782 WGUS62 KFFC 230922 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231730- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 422 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE TUESDAY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS... SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
676 WGUS62 KFFC 231850 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 150 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-240300- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 150 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE TUESDAY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
573 WGUS62 KFFC 240125 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 825 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241030- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 825 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE TUESDAY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF MULTIPLE CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A BAND OF CONTINUAL HEAVY SHOWERS TO SET UP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA INCLUDING METRO ATLANTA THURSDAY MORNING WHICH COULD POSE AN EVEN GREATER THREAT FOR URBAN FLOODING. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
559 WGUS62 KFFC 240943 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 443 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241745- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 443 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE TUESDAY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF MULTIPLE CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE AS MORE RAINFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY INTO FRIDAY...SOME MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
765 WGUS62 KFFC 241941 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 241 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251030- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 241 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * MULTIPLE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING STORMS HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST BAND HAS BEEN DRAPED ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR WHICH SHOULD SLOWLY PUSH BACK NORTHWARD THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AND BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ONGOING FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREATS. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
451 WGUS62 KFFC 251020 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251830- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 520 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * MULTIPLE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING STORMS HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND MAINLY WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY. A BAND OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON SHOULD DRIFT NORTH DURING THE DAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ONGOING FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREATS. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS IS A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RESPOND AND FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS MAY FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
202 WGUS62 KFFC 251432 FFAFFC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 932 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-252245- /O.EXT.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 932 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING STORMS HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ONGOING FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREATS. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. * THIS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO RESPOND AND CONTINUE TO FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS... OTHERS WILL FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
296 WGUS62 KFFC 251956 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 256 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY... .AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST PATTERN WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-260400- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 256 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING STORMS HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY FAR NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ONGOING FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREATS. IN ADDITION...TEMPORARY URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN FALLS. * THIS HAS BEEN...AND CONTINUES TO BE...A LONG-DURATION AND COMPLEX HEAVY RAIN EVENT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO RESPOND AND CONTINUE TO FLOOD EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS...OTHERS WILL FLOOD MORE QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
730 WGUS62 KFFC 260813 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 313 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261200- /O.CON.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 313 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING * THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE REGION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM THIS MORNING. * ALTHOUGH THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS MORNING...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND COULD REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER AND CREEK STAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
544 WGUS62 KFFC 261152 FFAFFC FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 652 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261300- /O.EXP.KFFC.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 652 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND ALTHOUGH SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA...THESE WERE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RIVER AND CREEK FLOODING...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. PEOPLE IN LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Dec 21, 2:33 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 2:33 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 233 PM EST MON DEC 21 2015 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE MAIN PROBLEM THIS PERIOD WILL BE A COUPLE OF WAVES IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET AND ASSOCIATED POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FIRST WAVE IS TONIGHT AFFECTING MOSTLY CENTRAL GA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL BUT SHOWERS IN GENERAL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH PORTIONS OF N GA ALREADY AFFECTED. THE SECOND WAVE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FROM THE ATL METRO AREA UP THE I-85 CORRIDOR AND THE NE MOUNTAINS. WEAK INSTABILITY CREEPS INTO CENTRAL GA OVERNIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN BETWEEN THE 2 WAVES THERE WILL BE A LESSENING OF THE POPS AFFECTING N GA MORE THAN CENTRAL GA AND THIS LESSENING OF THE POPS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CALL WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLY ENDING ALL TOGETHER FOR A PERIOD OVER N GA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A WARM AIRMASS IS MOVING OVER THE AREA WITH FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES RUNNING 17 TO 21 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND AROUND 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR TUESDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM. BDL .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LATEST MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IS INCREASING FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...INCLUDING THE RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. HAVE UPDATED THE HWO TO INCLUDE THIS. THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WILL THEREFORE BE CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FROM THE SHORT TERM INTO THE LONG TERM. ALL THIS TO SAY CURRENT FORECAST IS HANDLING THE SCENARIO AND NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE LONG TERM. 17 && .HYDROLOGY... MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT WITH PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. A PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW PRECIP WATERS TO REACH 250 TO 300 PERCENT OVER THE CWA. AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE CWA...EACH WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. MODELS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN LOCATION AND AMOUNTS. HAVE GONE ALONG WITH WPC QPF THROUGH DAY 3 AND THIS WILL PUT 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE CWA WITH CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WILL THEREFORE BE ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD BUT WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE TO MVFR THIS EVENING AS RAIN PUSHES INTO THE STATE. PERSISTENT...MODERATE RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AT ALL TAF SITES WITH IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS SETTLING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUNDER POTENTIAL REMAINS LOW. A LULL IN RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN TAF SITES...INCLUDING ATL METRO. COULD SEE CEILINGS RISE SLIGHTLY DURING THIS TIME ACROSS THOSE SITES BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN IFR. EXPECT ANOTHER SWATH OF RAIN TO MOVE IN LATE TUESDAY FROM S TO N. WINDS WILL REMAIN S/SE LESS THAN 10KTS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WINDS AND LOWERING CEILINGS THRU OVERNIGHT. MEDIUM TO LOW CONFIDENCE ON CEILINGS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. KOVACIK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 51 65 59 69 / 90 70 100 90 ATLANTA 54 67 61 70 / 90 70 100 90 BLAIRSVILLE 49 63 58 66 / 90 70 100 90 CARTERSVILLE 52 66 58 70 / 90 60 90 90 COLUMBUS 58 69 62 72 / 100 70 90 90 GAINESVILLE 51 63 58 68 / 90 70 100 90 MACON 57 69 62 73 / 100 80 90 90 ROME 52 67 57 71 / 90 50 90 90 PEACHTREE CITY 53 67 60 70 / 90 70 100 90 VIDALIA 61 73 65 76 / 80 80 80 70 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING 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...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. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...BDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1150 AM EST MON DEC 21 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221700- 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- 1150 AM EST MON DEC 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE... A CONTINUING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND POTENTIAL INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR UPDATES FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO LOCATION AND TIMING OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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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.