River Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 28, 2009, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 1, 2009, 2:18 AM EST

Expired

Mar 1, 2009, 8:24 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 Oconee River at Milledgeville (MLGG1). The gauge peaked at 25.83 ft at Feb 28, 2009, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage

20 ft

Minor stage

22 ft

Moderate stage

32 ft

Major stage

38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02223000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS42 KFFC 010048
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
748 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

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

  OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AFFECTING BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND
  WILKINSON 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.

GAC009-303-319-011448-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0013.090301T0718Z-090302T1200Z/
/MLGG1.1.ER.090301T0718Z.090302T0000Z.090302T0600Z.NO/
748 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

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

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* AT 7 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...22.1 FEET...AND RISING STEADILY
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
  AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 29.4 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE
  RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING.
* AT 30.0 FEET...FISHING CREEK AND A FEW BUILDINGS ALONG THE CREEK 
  WILL BE FLOODED. ALSO THE CREEK BETWEEN EAST THOMAS AND EAST
  CHARLESTON STREETS IN MILLEDGEVILLE WILL FLOOD.

$$

000 
WGUS82 KFFC 011324
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
824 AM EST SUN MAR 01 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AFFECTING BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND
  WILKINSON 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 MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. HOWEVER... THE
OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD
STAGE. 

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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.

GAC009-303-319-011354-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090302T1200Z/
/MLGG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
824 AM EST SUN MAR 01 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING 
* AT 08AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.5 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET 
* THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND A SLOW FALL IS EXPECTED TODAY

$$

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.