1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 3, 9:07 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1007 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS MAKING VERY SLOW PROGRESS WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL AFFECT NORTH GEORGIA. EXPECT BAND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTH OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY REACHING THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. CHANGES TO FORECASTS WERE MINOR...MAINLY JUST A CATCHUP TO REFLECT MOST RECENT TRENDS. POPS IN THE NORTH WERE RAISED SLIGHTLY...AND MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO SLOW PROGRESS OF SYSTEM. .ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION... A FEW SHRA/TSRA STILL AROUND...BUT THE FEW STORMS OUT THERE HAVE FIRED DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. HOWEVER...THERE IS LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE ONGOING...SO EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH BY 00Z. WITH OUTFLOW MOVING THRU ATL/FTY..EXPECT LITTLE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THERE. STILL A FEW SHRA/TSRA IN THE AHN/CSG/MCN AREA THRU 00Z. AFTER 00Z...EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS PER CURRENT TAFS...WITH A GROWING CHANCE FOR SHRA WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF AN TSRA ESPECIALLY IN THE ATL/FTY AREA TOWARD 10-12Z. THIS IS WHEN HIGHER PE VALUES APPROACH PER ETA/GFS/NGM. HOWEVER...EXPECT ACTIVITY TO WEAKEN TO MAINLY SHRA. CEILINGS AND VSBY SHOULD LOWER INTO MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR CATEGORY TOWARD 10-12Z ALL SITES. WINDS...SHOULD DIMINISH TO 5KTS OR BELOW OVERNIGHT. EXPECT 130 TO 170 DIRECTION TO GRADUAL VEER TO 200 OVERNIGHT THEN TO 270 TO 300 AFTER 12Z THU AS FRONT PUSHES ACROSS CWA. NOEL/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 950 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2003 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-040400- 950 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT...WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT. .PRIMARY HAZARD... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME LOCATION COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...BUT DUE TO RECENT DRY WEATHER...THE THREAT FOR FLOODING IS RATHER MARGINAL...THOUGH SOME MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN NORTH GEORGIA CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MIDDLE GEORGIA ALONG AN AXIS OF HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S...ALONG WITH WEAK INSTABILITY...WITH CAPES IN THE 500 TO 1000 RANGE. HOWEVER...WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...THIS ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE TO MAINLY SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...INSTABILITY...WITH CAPES OF 500 TO 1000...AND LIFTED INDICES OF -1 TO -2...WILL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GOING OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. IN ADDITION...AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP TO KEEP ACTIVITY GOING OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH GEORGIA. .FOR SPOTTERS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON GEORGIA. NOEL
GAZ002-003-032215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 552 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FAIRVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS LAKEVIEW...EAST RIDGE AND INDIAN SPRINGS THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
GAZ007-013-040330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1032 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN GILMER AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GILMER AND NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN CAUSE FIRES. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IN ADDITION...EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA BY AROUND 1130 PM EDT. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF DIMES...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. NOEL
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Gilmer county 911 center reported that heavy thunderstorm rains resulted in flooding of one road in the city with water flowing across the road. A business parking lot was also flooded out.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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