Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 19, 2021, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 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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WGUS52 KFFC 191933
FFWFFC
GAC233-192230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0025.210819T1933Z-210819T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
333 PM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Polk County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 333 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Cedartown, Rockmart, Tallapoosa, Aragon, Antioch, Fish Creek, Van 
  Wert, Esom Hill and Etna.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

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LAT...LON 3403 8541 3408 8505 3408 8492 3395 8498
      3395 8505 3393 8506 3391 8513 3390 8539

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.