Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2003, 12:23 AM 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Habersham County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 00:00Z, 4.4 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 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 KGSP 180423 FFWGSP GAC137-180715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1223 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 315 AM EDT * AT 1212 AM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON BLAIR STREET IN MOUNT AIRY. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON CANNON BRIDGE ROAD NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 105. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY BETWEEN CLARKESVILLE AND THE STEPHENS COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE RAINFALL ENDS. * STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN LOCATIONS FROM CLARKESVILLE SOUTH. CREEKS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE CAMP CREEK...LICK LOG CREEK AND HAZEL CREEK...WHICH COULD AFFECT DEMOREST AND CLARKESVILLE...IN ADDITION TO MORE FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT AIRY. 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. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 180554 FFSGSP GAC137-180715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 149 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY... AT 150 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAINED OVER HABERSHAM COUNTY...WITH HEAVIER RAIN WELL OFF TO THE EAST. MODERATE RAIN WAS HEADING EAST INTO HABERSHAM COUNTY FROM NORTHERN HALL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY SINCE THURSDAY EVENING. FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT AIRY. WILSON ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM A LAKE THAT WAS OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE. THE WATER WAS SPREADING OUT TOWARD THE SERENITY HILLS SECTION OF MOUNT AIRY. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA WERE ALSO RUNNING HIGH AND COULD COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM UPSTREAM WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH COUNTY CREEK BASINS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 180719 FFSGSP GAC137-180745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 315 AM EDT... AT 315 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NO MORE RAIN OVER HABERSHAM COUNTY. SOME FLOODING CONTINUED ON WILSON ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT AIRY...BUT WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEDE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. IMPROVEMENT HAD BEEN NOTED IN AREAS THAT HAD EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLIER. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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. $$ BURRUS
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 Jul 17, 10:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 10:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1016 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 STRONG TSTMS CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN MTNS LATE THIS EVENING WITH STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF UPSTATE SC ATTM. STILL EXPECT MOST OF THEM TO DISSIPATE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH COOLING...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON UPDATE UNTIL THEN. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 6:05 AM EDT, 18 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MICROBURST TYPE WIND DAMAGE. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 427 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 1 N SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE 3/4 INCH HAIL AND TREES
DOWN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
RBLocal storm report, Jul 17, 10:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1009 PM SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE SPOTTER REPORT.
JATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 1:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Franklin | 3 hr |
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.