Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 1:10 AM EST (06:10 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 4:15 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Henry County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KFFC 200614
FFWATL
GAC063-077-113-151-255-200915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
110 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 AM EST

* AT 1259 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
  MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE NIGHT.
  
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRIFFIN...NEWNAN...
  EXPERIMENT...FAYETTEVILLE...HAMPTON...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...
  LOCUST GROVE...MCDONOUGH...MORROW...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
  ...RIVERDALE...SENOIA...STOCKBRIDGE AND TYRONE.

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. VEHICHLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3339 8491 3321 8479 3322 8420 3343 8401
          3365 8425

$$

000 
WGUS72 KFFC 200747
FFSATL
GAC063-077-113-151-255-200915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
248 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAYTON...FAYETTE...
HENRY...COWETA...AND SPALDING COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM EST...

BETWEEN 130 AM AND 230 AM RAIN TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...WATER WAS STANDING ON MANY ROADS... AND MANY
CREEKS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. AT 245 AM
RADAR WAS SHOWING ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING TOWARD THE WARNED COUNTIES
FROM THE SOUTH. THIS COULD AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.

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 3362 8418 3343 8401 3322 8416 3325 8487
          3345 8484

$$

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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.