Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 8:45 AM EST (13:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 11:30 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Walton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KFFC 201344
FFWATL
GAC013-157-297-201630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EST

* LOCAL LAW OFFICIALS REPORT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THIS MORNING
  IN BARROW...WALTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES...THEREFORE...THE FLASH    
  FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CONTINUED FOR THESE COUNTIES.

* SOME LOCATIONS REPORTING FLOODING INCLUDE HIGHWAY 53 NORTH OF      
  WINDER IN BARROW COUNTY. IN WALTON COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTH          
  CROSSLANE ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. IN JACKSON COUNTY...NUMEROUS 
  ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE EMERGENCY
  SPILLWAY OF A DAM NEAR JET ROBERTS ROAD. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 
UNDERPASSES...AND LOW LYING AREAS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONALLY... 
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3422 8343 3425 8348 3425 8357 3429 8363
          3412 8382 3399 8386 3395 8379 3380 8397
          3361 8369 3381 8353 3391 8366 3403 8342
          3415 8335

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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.