River Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Dec 11, 2008, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 11, 2008, 5:54 PM EST

Expired

Dec 11, 2008, 9:37 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 Ocmulgee River at 5th Street Bridge at Macon (MACG1). The gauge peaked at 17.95 ft at Dec 11, 2008, 8:00 PM EST.

Action stage

16 ft

Minor stage

18 ft

Moderate stage

26 ft

Major stage

30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02213000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS42 KFFC 111600
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1100 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

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

  OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
  MONROE AND TWIGGS 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.

GAC021-153-169-207-289-120600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0009.081211T2254Z-081212T1530Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.081211T2254Z.081212T0600Z.081212T0930Z.NO/
1100 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA HAS
ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* AT 10AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.0 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY.
* AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. THE MACON GREENWAY 
  OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD IN AREAS JUST NORTH OF 
  THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE. CITIZENS OF THE TRAIL WILL NEED TO STOP 
  USE. IN ADDITION...THE LOWEST SECTIONS OF THE CHARLES JONES GATEWAY
  PARK WILL FLOOD.


$$

000 
WGUS82 KFFC 120237
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
937 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
  MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
 
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED RUNOFF INTO STREAMS
AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG THE RIVER
SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY MACON AND HAKWINSVILLE...ARE NEAR FLOOD
STAGE...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW THAT LEVEL.

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.

GAC021-153-169-207-289-120307-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081212T1530Z/
/MACG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
937 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING 
* AT 9 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET AND HAS CRESTED. IT IS
  FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 17 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET 
* AT 18.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OF 
  AGRICULTURAL LANDS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE WILL OCCUR.

$$

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.