River Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 16, 2009, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 17, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT

Expired

Mar 17, 2009, 11:23 AM EDT

In force

9 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 00:34 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 17.52 ft at Mar 17, 2009, 3:00 PM EDT.

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 170031
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
831 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2009

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

  OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
  MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
  GOAT ROCK LAKE NEAR GOAT ROCK DAM

.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.

GAC021-153-169-207-289-171431-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0021.090317T0600Z-090318T1330Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.090317T0600Z.090317T1800Z.090318T0730Z.NO/
831 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 8 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET AND RISING. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.8 FEET BY EARLY
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* 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.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.0 FEET ON JUN 20 2003.
  

$$

171431-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0022.090317T0031Z-000000T0000Z/
/GRDG1.1.ER.090316T1019Z.090316T1200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
831 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GOAT ROCK LAKE NEAR GOAT ROCK DAM
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 08AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 404.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 404.5 FEET. 


$$

000 
WGUS82 KFFC 171523
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1023 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
  MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
 
.RISES HAVE NOT BEEN AS GREAT AS EARLIER FORECAST FOR THE 
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON...AND THE FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

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.

GAC021-153-169-207-289-171553-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090318T1330Z/
/MACG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1023 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON
* AT 9 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 17.8 FEET BY LATE
  TONIGHT.  A SLOW FALL SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY. 
* AT 18 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OF 
  AGRICULTURAL LANDS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE WILL OCCUR.

$$

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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.