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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 20216 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 10 hr. 19 reports 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: Mar 25, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2021, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
Mar 25, 7:11 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ese Mill Creek, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FORREST HILL ROAD AND SUMMIT CIRCLE SW.
Mar 25, 7:18 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Wnw Beaverdale, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF LITTLE PROSPECT ROAD AND PROSPECT ROAD NE.
Mar 25, 7:42 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ese Dalton, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HEADRICK CIRCLE AND CIRCLEVIEW DR SE.
Mar 25, 7:50 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ene Dalton, GA	WATER OVER ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLIVIA DR. AND JAMES ST.
Mar 25, 7:56 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sse Mill Creek, GA	WATER OVER ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WHITTLE DR SW & N DUG GAP RD
Mar 25, 8:28 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Dalton, GA	WATER RESCUE NEAR INTERSECTION OF OLD GRADE RD AND JEFF DR.
Mar 25, 8:28 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Dalton, GA	WATER RESCUE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD GRADE RD AND SOUTH BYPASS
Mar 25, 8:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Eton, GA	ALL LANES CLOSED ON GA225 JUST BEFORE GA286
Mar 25, 8:48 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Sse Tilton, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GAZAWAY ROAD AND TILTON ROAD SE.
Mar 25, 9:15 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wnw Hemp, GA	GA76 COMPLETELY WASHED OUT NEAR INTERSECTION WITH WRIGHT MILL RD
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Blairsville, GA	WATER OVER THE ROADWAY NEAR UNION COUNTY FARMERS MARKET ON OLD SMOKEY ROAD AND WEAVER ROAD.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ne Jones Creek, GA	WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT BYERS ROAD NEAR YOUNGCANE CREEK.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ne Vogel State Park, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD ON LITTON LANE NEAR MORRIS FORD ROAD.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Jones Creek, GA	ONE TREE HILL IS FLOODED.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 E Jones Creek, GA	BURNETTE ROAD IS FLOODED.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nw Blairsville, GA	WATER OVER THE ROAD AT OLD GUMLOG SPUR.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Blairsville, GA	WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT OAK TREE VILLAGE PARK.
Mar 25, 9:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Wsw Blairsville, GA	INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT GROVE ROAD AND BLUE RIDGE HIGHWAY IS FLOODED.
Mar 25, 10:44 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Dalton, GA	WATER OVER THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JEFF DR AND OLD GRADE RD.

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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 647 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

080 
WGUS52 KFFC 252134
FFWFFC
GAC111-123-213-281-291-313-260330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0004.210325T2134Z-210326T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
534 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Fannin County in north central Georgia...
  Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
  Union County in north central Georgia...
  Towns County in northeastern Georgia...
  Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
  Eastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 1130 PM EDT.

* At 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Dalton, Chatsworth, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Hiawassee, Blairsville, 
  Eton, Young Harris, East Ellijay, Morganton, Suches, Cherry Log, 
  Higdon, Pisgah, Colwell, Mineral Bluff, Epworth, Dial, Roy and 
  Hurst.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3497 8489 3497 8355 3495 8355 3494 8360
      3490 8360 3488 8366 3481 8367 3478 8382
      3472 8384 3474 8395 3464 8404 3465 8412
      3461 8418 3461 8491 3463 8491 3461 8493
      3461 8505

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

3 follow-up statements

147 
WGUS52 KFFC 260322
FFWFFC
GAC111-123-213-281-291-313-260530-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210326T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1122 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Fannin County in north central Georgia...
  Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
  Union County in north central Georgia...
  Towns County in northeastern Georgia...
  Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
  Eastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 130 AM EDT.

* At 1122 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Dalton, Chatsworth, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Hiawassee, Blairsville, 
  Eton, Young Harris, East Ellijay, Morganton, Suches, Cherry Log, 
  Higdon, Pisgah, Colwell, Mineral Bluff, Epworth, Dial, Roy and 
  Hurst.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3497 8489 3497 8355 3495 8355 3494 8360
      3490 8360 3488 8366 3481 8367 3478 8382
      3472 8384 3474 8395 3464 8404 3465 8412
      3461 8418 3461 8491 3463 8491 3461 8493
      3461 8505

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

991 
WGUS52 KFFC 260437
FFWFFC
GAC111-123-213-281-291-313-260730-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210326T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1237 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Fannin County in north central Georgia...
  Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
  Union County in north central Georgia...
  Towns County in northeastern Georgia...
  Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
  Eastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 1237 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Dalton, Chatsworth, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Hiawassee, Blairsville, 
  Eton, Young Harris, East Ellijay, Morganton, Suches, Cherry Log, 
  Higdon, Pisgah, Colwell, Mineral Bluff, Epworth, Dial, Roy and 
  Hurst.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3497 8489 3497 8355 3495 8355 3494 8360
      3490 8360 3488 8366 3481 8367 3478 8382
      3472 8384 3474 8395 3464 8404 3465 8412
      3461 8418 3461 8491 3463 8491 3461 8493
      3461 8505

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

711 
WGUS72 KFFC 260726
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
326 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

GAC111-123-213-281-291-313-260736-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210326T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fannin GA-Gilmer GA-Murray GA-Towns GA-Union GA-Whitfield GA-
326 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING 
FOR FANNIN, GILMER, UNION, TOWNS, MURRAY AND EASTERN WHITFIELD 
COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 AM EDT for portions 
of north central Georgia...northeast Georgia and northwest Georgia.

LAT...LON 3497 8489 3497 8355 3495 8355 3494 8360
      3490 8360 3488 8366 3481 8367 3478 8382
      3472 8384 3474 8395 3464 8404 3465 8412
      3461 8418 3461 8491 3463 8491 3461 8493
      3461 8505

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	14 min
Mar 25, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Mar 25, 6:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Troup	37 min
Mar 25, 10:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	53 min
Mar 25, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	41 min
Mar 25, 11:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	10 hr
Mar 25, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	30 min
Mar 25, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Polk	28 min
Mar 25, 12:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	31 hr
Mar 25, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	24 min
Mar 25, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk	49 min
Mar 25, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton	26 min
Mar 25, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union	36 min
Mar 25, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more	45 min
Mar 25, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	42 min
Mar 25, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	47 min
Mar 25, 2:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	43 hr
Mar 25, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Polk	27 min
Mar 25, 2:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	11 min
Mar 25, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk	38 min
Mar 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	13 hr
Mar 25, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	37 min
Mar 25, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Floyd, Polk	57 min
Mar 25, 4:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattooga	35 hr
Mar 25, 4:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	46 min
Mar 25, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens	38 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	34 min
Mar 25, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	35 min
Mar 25, 7:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	4 days
Mar 25, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, Paulding	45 min

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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.