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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2003, 3:44 PM EDT for Fulton 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 30, 2003, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KFFC 301945 FFWATL GAC121-302145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 344 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF NORTH DRUID HILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE PEACHTREE CREEK. 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 3379 8450 3376 8435 3386 8434 3393 8442 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KFFC 302050 FFSATL GAC121-302145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 448 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC INDICATE ROADS WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON THEM AROUND 4 PM NEAR GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY. AT 445 PM...PEACHTREE CREEK IN ATLANTA WAS NEAR 15 FEET. THE FORECAST FOR PEACHTREE CALLS FOR THE CREEK TO CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY 6 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3379 8451 3375 8434 3386 8433 3395 8441 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris | 66 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.