River Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 26, 2008, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 26, 2008, 7:08 PM EDT

Expired

Aug 26, 2008, 9:11 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Alpharetta (APHG1). The gauge peaked at 6.67 ft at Aug 26, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

6 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

11 ft

Major stage

13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS42 KFFC 261928
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN GEORGIA...

  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF 
INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS 
ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU 
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.

THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED 
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

GAC117-121-270928-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0004.080826T2308Z-080828T0300Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.080826T2308Z.080827T0600Z.080827T2100Z.NO/
328 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY, GA. HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* AT 2PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...6.5 FEET AND RISING SLOWLY
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 7.5 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. ALPHARETTA GREENWAY BEGINS 
  FLOODING AND RESULTS IN RESIDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO USE WALKING AND
  BIKING PATHS. DOWNSTREAM...CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ROAD INTO PARK NEAR 
  ROSWELL AT STATE HIGHWAY 9 AND RIVERSIDE ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.


$$

000 
WGUS82 KFFC 270111
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
911 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES
 
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF 
INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS 
ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU 
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.

GAC117-121-270141-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080828T0300Z/
/APHG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
911 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING 
* AT 8PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET AND FALLING
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET 
* AT 7.0 FEET...BANKFULL AND FLOOD STAGE ARE REACHED ALONG BIG CREEK 
  BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA...AND ROSWELL IN 
  NORTH FULTON COUNTY.  FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT THE ALPHARETTA 
  GREENWAY AND ABOUT 200 FEET OF THE GREENWAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. IN 
  ADDITION...HIGH WATER BEGINS TO ENCROACH INTO PARK DOWNSTREAM OF 
  GAGE NEAR ROSWELL ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 9 AND RIVERSIDE ROAD.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.