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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 6, 2003Lamar County, Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2003, 10:27 PM EDT for Lamar County, Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 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, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KFFC 070227
FFWATL
GAC171-199-231-070630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1027 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
  GREENVILLE TO BARNESVILLE.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3286 8453 3300 8448 3299 8413 3293 8411
          3295 8404 3320 8404 3318 8448 3322 8470
          3318 8486 3286 8485

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding4 hr
May 6, 10:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe4 hr
May 7, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Walker, Whitfield31 min
May 7, 2:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens117 min
May 7, 2:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens34 min
May 7, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin26 min
May 7, 3:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall37 min
May 7, 8:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Towns, Union3 hr
May 7, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard38 min
May 7, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard33 min
May 7, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll3 hr
May 7, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHeard54 min
May 7, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton46 min
May 7, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton51 min
May 7, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta59 min
May 7, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton40 min
May 7, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard37 min
May 7, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard4 hr
May 7, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton3 hr
May 7, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta31 min
May 7, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette41 min
May 7, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry49 min
May 7, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup46 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.