Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 18, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Clarke County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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123 
WGUS52 KFFC 182128
FFWFFC
GAC059-190330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.160818T2128Z-160819T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
528 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE ATHENS AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ATHENS...WINTERVILLE...BOGART...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY...WHITEHALL...
  STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GA...JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS CMPX...
  BEECHWOOD HILLS...WESTGATE PARK AND OCONEE HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3399 8327 3398 8327 3396 8326 3395 8328
      3390 8324 3385 8327 3386 8333 3387 8333
      3387 8336 3393 8342 3393 8351 3394 8352
      3400 8350 3399 8348 3401 8344

$$

935 
WGUS72 KFFC 182228
FFSFFC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

GAC059-190330-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160819T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARKE GA-
628 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
CLARKE COUNTY...

AT 625 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE TRAINING 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL
ONE TO TWO POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SATURATED SOIL FROM 
RECENT PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN SHOULD FURTHER EXACERBATE THE 
SITUATION AND LIKELIHOOD FOR FLASH FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS...WINTERVILLE...BOGART...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY...WHITEHALL...
STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GA...JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS CMPX...
BEECHWOOD HILLS...WESTGATE PARK AND OCONEE HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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 3399 8327 3398 8327 3396 8326 3395 8328
      3390 8324 3385 8327 3386 8333 3387 8333
      3387 8336 3393 8342 3393 8351 3394 8352
      3400 8350 3399 8348 3401 8344

$$

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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.