Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 3:19 AM EST (08:19 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 5:15 AM EST

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Walton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 200832
FFWATL
GAC011-013-157-297-201015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 311 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WERE
  REPORTING FLASH FLOODING FROM THE WESTERN PART OF WALTON COUNTY
  THROUGH PORTIONS OF BARROW...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES. SOME 
  CAMPERS WERE REPORTED TRAPPED NEAR THE BANKS...JACKSON COUNTY LINE.
  WATER WAS STANDING IN SOME ROADS. RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO
  MODERATE RAIN IN THE AREA AT 320 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
  ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION...BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE 
  WARNED COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE FROM RUNOFF RESULTING FROM HEAVY
  RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...
  COMMERCE...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...LOGANVILLE...MAYSVILLE...
  RUSSELL...STATHAM AND WINDER.

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 3404 8385 3379 8393 3371 8381 3406 8343
          3425 8336 3445 8341 3446 8355

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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.