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Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 2003Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2003, 9:27 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 93 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
Aug 3, 2003, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Toombs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2003-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 665 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2003-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KFFC 040128
FFWATL
GAC279-040300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
927 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 919 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING AT CEDAR CROSSING IN 
SOUTHWEST TOOMBS COUNTY. OTHER STORMS OVER JEFF DAVIS COUNTY WILL 
MOVE OVER TOOMBS COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3194 8235 3198 8247 3224 8244 3235 8240
          3228 8235 3228 8223 3219 8219 3203 8220
          3193 8223

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPolk83 min
Aug 4, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield28 min
Aug 4, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker27 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker28 min
Aug 4, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon30 min
Aug 4, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWalker2 hr

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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.