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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 2003Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2003, 7:26 AM EDT for Gordon 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 22, 2003, 7:26 AM EDT (11:26 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2003, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gordon County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 221126
FFWATL
GAC129-221530-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 723 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHOUN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

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 3459 8502 3440 8502 3446 8467 3461 8473

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS72 KFFC 221226
FFSATL
GAC129-221530-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
824 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GORDON COUNTY...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GORDON COUNTY UNTIL 1130 
AM. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND SOME MAY BE 
CLOSED.

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 3461 8470 3439 8463 3441 8500 3460 8503

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 5:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	6 hr
May 22, 6:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	6 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.