Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 8:00 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clayton County, GA, Henry County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KFFC 200956
FFWATL
GAC063-151-201300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
455 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
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 AM EST

* VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN CLAYTON AND HENRY COUNTIES...AND 
  LIGHT TO OCCASSIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS      
  EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER RIVERDALE ROAD NEAR SOUTHERN REGIONAL    
  HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER IN RIVERDALE. PINEHURST TO       
  VALLEY ROAD AND OLD CONYERS ROAD IN THE STOCKBRIDGE AREA ARE ALSO  
  CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKSVILLE...BONANZA...
  CONLEY...FOREST PARK...IRONDALE...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...LOCUST   
  GROVE...LOVEJOY...MCDONOUGH...MORROW...RIVERDALE AND STOCKBRIDGE.

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.

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 3345 8393 3340 8397 3330 8411 3336 8424
          3336 8437 3348 8437 3356 8445 3364 8445
          3364 8419 3356 8413 3349 8402 3349 8396

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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.