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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2003, 11:31 AM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Troup 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
- Apr 7, 2003, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KFFC 071534
FFWATL
GAC199-231-285-071830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1131 AM EDT MON APR 7 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 1126 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF TROUP COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS
ROADS...AND SEVERAL HOMES FLOODED NEAR CREEKS. RADAR ESTIMTED UP
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS TROUP...MERIWETHER AND
PORTIONS OF PIKE COUNTY SINCE 7 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE.
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.
LAT...LON 3311 8521 3289 8518 3288 8458 3305 8430
3318 8427
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KFFC 071642
FFSATL
GAC199-231-285-071830-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1235 PM EDT MON APR 7 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MERIWETHER...PIKE
AND TROUP COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 1230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL TAPERING OFF IN INTENSITY
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER LEVELS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. SOME
ROADS WILL BE CLOSED.
SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY SEE WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE FOR ANOTHER
COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO RUNOFF. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR
SWOLLEN CREEKS OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3322 8448 3315 8427 3300 8426 3302 8453
3287 8455 3288 8517 3312 8521 3321 8493
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 32 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.