Georgia, 2003

Flood in Georgia, July 1 to 2, 2003

July 1 to 2, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 1, 9:26 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:26 PM EST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1026 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

HEAVY RAIN STILL MOVING THRU THE AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS BEST LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF BILL
MOVING OVER RIGHT NOW. FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES. UPDATING FCST TO
REMOVE WATCH. HAVE CHANGED THUNDER WORDING TO CHANCE. TEMPS ALREADY
BELOW FCST LOWS IN MOST PLACES. WILL LOWER ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND
WORD AS STEADY ELSEWHERE. A FEW TOUCH UP TO WINDS AS WELL. NO
CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS.

.GSP...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES
GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029.

NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES
NCZ033>037...NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082.

SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES
SCZ001>014...SCZ019.

RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:00 AM EST, 16 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-011145-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND THEN MOVE JUST WEST OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS BY TONIGHT. HEAVY TROPICAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA STARTING TODAY. A FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND DETAILS ARE
AVAILABLE IN THE PRODUCT FFAGSP.

INSTABILITY IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
WINDS TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK...SPSGSP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AS MAIN STEM RIVERS RESPOND TO ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY BY LATE TODAY.

HG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Habersham

When
July 1, 9:30 PM EST to July 2, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Habersham forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in eventual flooding of several roads in the Clarkesville area.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329918.