Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 6, 2003, 10:14 AM EST (15:14 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 2003, 2:15 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Forsyth County, GA

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WGUS52 KFFC 061516
FFWATL
GAC117-061915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1014 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 1012 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT FLOODING 
IN FORSYTH COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM EARLIER 
THIS MORNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

THE MAIN IMPACT IS ALONG NICHOLSON ROAD AND OLD FEDERAL ROAD IN 
FORSYTH.

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.

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 3429 8423 3408 8424 3421 8402 3433 8402

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000 
WGUS72 KFFC 061849
FFSATL
GAC117-062245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 PM EST THU MAR 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA 
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 SLOWLY IMPROVE ACROSS THE COUNTY BY TONIGHT. 

BIG CREEK IN FORSYTH COUNTY WILL BE CRESTING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL 
BEGIN A SLOW FALL TONIGHT. 

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.

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 3425 8422 3409 8419 3425 8397 3434 8412

$$

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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.