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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 2003Fannin County, Gilmer County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2003, 6:33 AM EDT for Fannin County, Gilmer 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, 6:33 AM EDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2003, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2003-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2003-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KFFC 221037
FFWATL
GAC111-123-221630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
633 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 630 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTH OF ELLIJAY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES       
  EAST OF CHATSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUE RIDGE AND MCCAYSVILLE

SOME CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE 
MOUNTAINTOWN CREEK AND JACKS RIVER.

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 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3457 8463 3468 8416 3498 8419 3502 8458

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 5:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield6 hr
May 22, 7:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon4 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.