Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 KFFC 162017
FFWATL
GAC123-162215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
415 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHEAST OF ELLIJAY...NEAR OWLTOWN CREEK...TURKEY
CREEK AND CLEAR CREEK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK
AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
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. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3472 8432 3466 8460 3455 8462 3455 8439
3463 8421
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162054 FFSATL GAC123-162215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 451 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GILMER COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC SOUTHEAST OF ELLIJAY. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE IN SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY. CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE OWLTOWN CREEK...TURKEY CREEK AND CLEAR CREEK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3465 8464 3455 8447 3462 8424 3473 8429 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162132 FFSATL GAC123-162215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GILMER COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE 911 CENTER IN GILMER COUNTY. ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT IN SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY NEAR CARTECAY. SOME RESCUES ARE ONGOING. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE IN SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY. RAINFALL WILL DIMINSH THROUGH 630 PM. CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE OWLTOWN CREEK...TURKEY CREEK AND CLEAR CREEK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3465 8464 3455 8447 3462 8424 3473 8429 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 31 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.