Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 6, 2020, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)

Expired

Feb 6, 2020, 9:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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WGUS52 KFFC 062002
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GAC035-045-063-077-113-121-145-149-151-171-199-207-231-255-263-285-
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/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0012.200206T2002Z-200207T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
302 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Spalding County in west central Georgia...
  Fayette County in north central Georgia...
  Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
  Pike County in west central Georgia...
  Southeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
  Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Upson County in west central Georgia...
  Heard County in west central Georgia...
  Butts County in central Georgia...
  Harris County in west central Georgia...
  Henry County in north central Georgia...
  Troup County in west central Georgia...
  Coweta County in west central Georgia...
  Southwestern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
  Clayton County in north central Georgia...
  Talbot County in west central Georgia...
  Lamar County in west central Georgia...

* Until 900 PM EST.

* At 300 PM EST, law enforcement and Emergency Management in several 
  districts have reported flash flooding and road closures across 
  the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen and 
  an additional one to two inches is possible. River, creek, and 
  small stream flooding will continue well after rain has ended.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Atlanta, Newnan, LaGrange, Griffin, McDonough, Fayetteville,
  Thomaston, Barnesville, Jackson, Jonesboro, Forsyth, Zebulon,
  Hamilton, Franklin, Talbotton, Greenville, Peachtree City, East
  Point, Stockbridge and Union City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8435 3365 8435 3361 8416 3349 8403
      3348 8395 3313 8382 3296 8371 3285 8390
      3285 8412 3269 8420 3274 8424 3272 8434
      3256 8441 3252 8469 3253 8468 3258 8470
      3261 8508 3286 8519 3343 8529 3344 8527

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.