Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2003, 5:08 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 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, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 162110 FFWATL GAC227-170015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 508 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES WEST OF JASPER MOVING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE TALONA CREEK...FISHER CREEK...AND TALKING ROCK CREEK. EXPECT RAINFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS. 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 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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3457 8463 3442 8463 3446 8427 3459 8433 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162309 FFSATL GAC227-170015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 706 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM... FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY WITH WATER ONE HALF FOOT DEEP FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. THE RIVER GAGE READING NEAR TALKING ROCK JUMPED OVER 8 FEET IN 30 MINUTES. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE TALONA CREEK...FISHER CREEK...AND TALKING ROCK CREEK. RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM. EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3457 8437 3446 8428 3442 8463 3457 8465 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162317 FFSATL GAC227-170015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 715 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM... THIS REMAINS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IN NORTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY. COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY WITH WATER ONE HALF FOOT DEEP FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. THE RIVER GAGE READING NEAR TALKING ROCK JUMPED OVER 8 FEET IN 30 MINUTES. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE TALONA CREEK...FISHER CREEK...AND TALKING ROCK CREEK. RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM. EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY. 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. 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. 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 3457 8437 3446 8428 3442 8463 3457 8465 $$
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, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 2 hr |
| 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, 5:55 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.