Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 8, 2003, 3:53 PM EDT for Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2003, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KCHS 081954
FFWCHS
GAC051-082145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
353 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 346 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FALLING
ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN
THIS AREA ON MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS
MUCH OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS
WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBANIZED AREAS.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...
SAVANNAH...
MONTGOMERY AND BEAULIEU...
WINDSOR FOREST AND VERNONBURG...
WHITE BLUFF AND ISLE OF HOPE...
SANDFLY...
WILMINGTON ISLAND...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY
FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3192 8127 3190 8104 3203 8095 3211 8112
3222 8117 3218 8124 3211 8132
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KCHS 082031 FFSCHS GAC051-082145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 430 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHATHAM COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE AFFECTING SAVANNAH...THUNDERBOLT...WHITE BLUFF...ISLE OF HOPE AND FORT MCALLISTER WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 545 PM WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 111 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.