Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2003, 8:15 AM EDT for Catoosa County, Dade County, Walker 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
- May 6, 2003, 8:15 AM EDT (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 061217 FFWATL GAC047-083-295-061515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 815 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1115 AM EDT * AT 815 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHATTANOOGA VALLEY... CHICKAMAUGA...FAIRVIEW...FORT OGLETHORPE...INDIAN SPRINGS... LAKEVIEW...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...RINGGOLD...ROSSVILLE AND TRENTON NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED WITH WATER FLOWINF ACROSS THEM. IN CHICKAMAUGA...SOME EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING NEAR CHICKAMUAGA CREEK. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 3 HOURS. DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. 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 3495 8558 3461 8549 3464 8518 3501 8506 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 061423 FFSATL GAC047-083-295-061515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1020 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DADE...WALKER...AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM... NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS THEM. IN CHICKAMAUGA...SOME EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING NEAR CHICKAMUAGA CREEK. REPORTS OF EVACUATIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED FROM DADE AND CATOOSA COUNTIES. IN CATOOSA COUNTY...SOME APARTMENTS ARE NOW BEING EVACUATED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION PLEASE SEEK HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 3 HOURS. DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4. LAT...LON 3499 8505 3461 8517 3460 8550 3497 8555 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| May 5, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 35 min |
| May 5, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 28 min |
| May 5, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| May 5, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| May 6, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 32 min |
| May 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
| May 6, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| May 6, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| May 6, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| May 6, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| May 6, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 40 min |
| May 6, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Whitfield | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Polk | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| May 6, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| May 6, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 min |
| May 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 3 hr |
| May 6, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 47 min |
| May 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 44 min |
| May 6, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| May 6, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| May 6, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 41 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 25 min |
| May 6, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson | 17 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Paulding | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 37 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| May 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 27 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| May 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 28 min |
| May 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Greene, Henry, Morgan, Newton | 65 min |
| May 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 84 min |
| May 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 35 min |
| May 6, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 22 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.