Georgia, 2003Flash Flood in Georgia, September 22, 2003
September 22, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 Sep 22, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 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, 5:00 AM EST, 10 hours 30 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
Flash Flood, Habersham
- When
- September 22, 3:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong storm system produced widespread heavy rainfall across the region, which resulted in some flash flooding across Habersham County. Ankle-deep water entered several businesses in the Baldwin and Cornelia areas. Some creeks overflowed their banks and flooded adjacent roads, including a portion of highway 105 that was washed away. Flooding developed as far north as Clarkesville.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, September 22, 2003$123,000 · 27 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 22 to 23, 2003$74,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 22, 20031 in hail · 24 events
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 22, 2003$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 22, 2003$20,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, September 22, 20030.88 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Georgia, September 22, 2003$7,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 22, 20033 events
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 22 to 23, 20033 events
- Heavy Rain in South Carolina, September 22, 20032 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, September 22, 20032 events
- Hail in Kansas, September 22, 20030.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5372057.