Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 137, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2003, 1:45 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
- Aug 6, 2003, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2003, 4:45 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 061747 FFWATL GAC129-062045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 145 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALHOUN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES IN 1 TO 2 HOURS TIME. CREEKS AFEECTED INCLUDE...BLUE SPRINGS BRANCH. 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 3456 8511 3443 8504 3447 8474 3460 8477 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 39 min |
Nearby
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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.