Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 132, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2003, 5:55 PM EDT for Habersham 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
- Sep 22, 2003, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Habersham County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 222155 FFWGSP GAC137-230045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 555 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHERN HABERSHAM...WITH REPEATING STORMS LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM BALDWIN TO CORNELIA UNTIL AS LATE AS 8 PM. * CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...WITH AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF ROAD WASHED OUT ALONG HIGHWAY 105. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING TO BECOME SEVERE...AND WILL CAUSE MORE CREEKS TO FLOOD. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3469 8364 3451 8351 3449 8342 3471 8339 $$ JONES
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 222255 FFSGSP GAC137-230045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 655 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY... AT 645 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF HABERSHAM COUNTY...BUT SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LINGERED. THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAS REPORTED ADDITIONAL FLOODING...ALONG ANTIOCH CHURCH ROAD AND GLADE ROAD AT HOLLY. EARLIER...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND BUSINESSES WAS REPORTED AROUND BALDWIN AND CORNELIA. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 230028 FFSGSP GAC137-230100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 829 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING... SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ JONES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 22, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW TSRA WILL MOVE THRU AS WELL. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORM GIVEN STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT. WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POP AND TREND PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. WARMED UP MINS A LITTLE GIVEN TIMING. PRECIP SHOULD END BY 12Z TUE AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THICKNESSES HOLDING UP A LITTLE AND FULL SUN SO ACCEPTED SLIGHTLY WARMER GUIDANCE MAXES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS WED AS THICKNESSES FALL. DRY FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THRU THURSDAY WITH NEARLY STEADY TEMPS. MDLS TRENDING WETTER SAT/SUN AS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR ATLANTIC COAST. DECENT UPGLIDE AND MOISTURE DEVELOP AND CONTINUES UNTIL LOW PULLS OUT LATE SUNDAY. HAVE ADDED CHC RAIN WITH WARMER LOWS AND COOLER HIGHS DURING THIS TIME. COOL DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN MONDAY. FCSTID = 81 GSP 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 AND 64 84 56 81 / 99 10 00 00 CLT 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 HKY 62 82 53 79 / 99 10 00 00 AVL 58 78 49 77 / 99 10 00 00 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 6:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THERE IS ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE THAT A TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 507 AM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOORE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-222130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THROUGH 530 PM...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CLAYTON TO WALHALLA... SOUTH TO CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...AND CARNESVILLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED...BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN POWER LINES...AS WELL AS SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER... THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN UPSTATE... AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY. THROUGH 645 PM...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF OCONEE COUNTY... INCLUDING WALHALLA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLEMSON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT THE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED...BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ018-SCZ001>006-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED UGC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN UPSTATE... AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY. THROUGH 645 PM...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF OCONEE COUNTY... INCLUDING WALHALLA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLEMSON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT THE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED...BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.