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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2003Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2003, 5:32 PM EDT for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 1, 2003, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KFFC 012132
FFWATL
GAC133-020030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER UNION POINT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF
  GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GREENSBORO

EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH IN 
THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

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 OLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3364 8336 3342 8315 3363 8294 3373 8321

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton2 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper17 min
Jul 1, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb2 hr
Jul 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCJasper118 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWalton114 min
Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock22 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jul 1, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett2 hr
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson4 hr
Jul 1, 7:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke3 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.