Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2003, 12:15 AM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 18, 2003, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2003, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 180415 FFWATL GAC285-180615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1215 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 1205 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER SOME AREAS OF TROUP COUNTY. RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1100 PM...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY FALL THROUGH 200 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 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. LAT...LON 3288 8513 3288 8491 3315 8488 3313 8518 $$ BDL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 180537 FFSATL GAC285-180615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TROUP COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM EDT... AT 130 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF TROUP COUNTY WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN OVER NORTHERN TROUP. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 AM. FLOOD WATERS WILL SUBSIDE RAPIDLY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HAS INDICATED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND AROUND LAGRANGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. LAT...LON 3320 8488 3289 8487 3289 8515 3313 8519 $$ BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 113 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.