Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 6, 2003, 4:05 AM EST (09:05 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 2003, 7:00 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bartow County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 060905
FFWATL
GAC015-061200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 401 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARTERSVILLE AND EUHARLEE

RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES HAS BEEN INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR.

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.

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. VEHICHLES 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 3432 8503 3413 8499 3413 8467 3438 8472

$$

000 
WGUS72 KFFC 061011
FFSATL
GAC015-061200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 7 
AM...

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OUT IN THE COUNTY 
WITH SOME MUDSLIDES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO
FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS
AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.

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 3439 8471 3412 8465 3413 8499 3433 8506

$$

000 
WGUS72 KFFC 061205
FFSATL
GAC015-061300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTOW COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY LED TO 
NUMEROUS ROADS BEING FLOODED. THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED AND CONDITIONS 
WILL IMPROVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3438 8470 3410 8467 3412 8499 3436 8498

$$

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