Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2003, 5:40 AM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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 22, 2003, 5:40 AM EDT (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2003, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 220942 FFWATL GAC213-313-221545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1145 AM EDT * AT 537 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES EAST OF DALTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHATSWORTH RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3477 8511 3464 8494 3463 8468 3501 8468 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KFFC 221028 FFSATL GAC213-313-221545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN WHITFIELD COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71 AND 76. OBSERVED RAINFALL REPORTS OF 3.78 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3477 8512 3462 8494 3463 8468 3502 8465 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 221100 FFSATL GAC213-313-221545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 658 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING NOW IN MURRAY COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN WHITFIELD COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71 AND 76. OBSERVED RAINFALL REPORTS OF 3.78 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. 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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3476 8514 3462 8494 3462 8467 3501 8468 $$
000 WGUS72 KFFC 221223 FFSATL GAC213-313-221545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 819 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. SPOTTERS FROM WHITFIELD COUNTY REPORT PARTS OF SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY ARE CLOSED...AND A PART OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 2 NEAR LEE BRYANT ROAD HAS COLLAPSED. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN WHITFIELD COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71 AND 76. OBSERVED RAINFALL REPORTS OF 4.53 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...AND ALSO COULD TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3501 8469 3466 8468 3463 8495 3479 8512 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.