Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2003, 6:02 PM EDT for Gordon 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, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 162204 FFWATL GAC129-170100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 602 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES WEST OF RANGER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CALHOUN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RESACA EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHEAST GORNDON COUNTY. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DRY CREEK....LITTLE DRY CREEK...AND REDBUD CREEK. 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 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 3459 8500 3443 8481 3445 8467 3458 8466 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162256 FFSATL GAC129-170100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 652 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GORDON COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM... THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT IN EASTERN GORNDON COUNTY MOVE AWAY FROM CREEKS AT ONCE AND AVOID FLOODED ROADS IN EASTERN GORNDON COUNTY. REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE 911 CENTER IN GORDON COUNTY. WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 411 IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LICK CREEK...REDBUD CREEK...AND DRY CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3458 8499 3443 8480 3444 8466 3460 8468 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 162355 CCA FFSATL GAC129-170100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 755 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GORDON COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM... THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD EVENT IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY MOVE AWAY FROM CREEKS AT ONCE AND AVOID FLOODED ROADS IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR OFTEN ONCE THE RAIN DIMINISHES AND CREEKS RISE. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL IS ENDING...EXPECT RAPID RISES ON CREEKS IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE 911 CENTER IN GORDON COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS HIGHWAY 411 IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. AT LEAST 1 ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT...AND 1 RESCUE HAS OCCURRED IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE WATER GOING ACROSS THEM. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE IN EASTERN GORDON COUNTY. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LICK CREEK...REDBUD CREEK...AND DRY CREEK. 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 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 3458 8499 3443 8480 3444 8466 3460 8468 $$ NOEL HYDROLOGIST
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, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:09 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.