Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2003, 4:30 AM EDT for Meriwether 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 8, 2003, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 080831 FFWATL GAC199-081130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 730 AM EDT * AT 420 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF MERIWETHER COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 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. 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 3316 8483 3290 8482 3290 8456 3318 8453 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 46 min |
| May 7, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 55 min |
| May 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 49 min |
| May 7, 11:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| May 7, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 4 hr |
| May 8, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 4 hr |
| May 8, 1:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 3 hr |
| May 8, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 39 min |
| May 8, 3:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 2 hr |
| May 8, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 2 hr |
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.