Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 2:06 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2005, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Carnesville, GA | NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED MAINLY AT CREEK CROSSINGS, SOME WASHED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 340 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 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 070606
FFWGSP
GAC119-137-241-257-071000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
206 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT
* AT 157 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF
ALREADY 2 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME WESTERN SECTIONS OF HABERSHAM
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL PERSIST MOST OF THE NIGHT...AND WILL LEAD TO FAST RISES ON
AREA STREAMS. MANY LOW PLACES IN TOWNS THROUGHOUT EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FILL WITH WATER...AND CREEKS WILL FLOOD IN
SOME CASES.
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.
LAT...LON 3432 8341 3427 8313 3447 8307 3474 8333
3499 8319 3497 8357 3463 8360 3451 8363
$$
JONES2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 070831
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
GAC119-137-241-257-071000-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-
430 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR FRANKLIN...
STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES...
AT 430 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN AREA STREAMS
AND FLASH FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RADAR PRECIPITATION
ESTIMATES INDICATE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN EASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY WHERE UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
THROUGH 430 AM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TURNERVILLE...TALLULAH FALLS...MOUNTAIN CITY...LAKEMONT...DILLARD AND
CLAYTON.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3432 8341 3427 8313 3447 8307 3474 8333
3499 8319 3497 8357 3463 8360 3451 8363
$$
LGL000
WGUS72 KGSP 071001
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
GAC119-137-241-257-071007-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-
601 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM AND
RABUN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 600 AM EDT...
AT 600 AM EDT... THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING
AREA. HOWEVER... REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3432 8341 3427 8313 3447 8307 3474 8333
3499 8319 3497 8357 3463 8360 3451 8363
$$
LGL/PATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Hart | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Hart | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.