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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2010, 8:28 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 25, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2010, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2010, 7:12 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Alpharetta (APHG1). The gauge peaked at 6.50 ft at Apr 25, 2010, 2:00 AM 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Apr 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE RAINFALL HAS STABILIZED THE AIR MASS SOMEWHAT...BUT REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE AS WE MOVE INTO THE WARM SECTOR. THE DEEP AREA LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND SLOWLY MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL KEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR SOME CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLY A FEW SHOWERS NORTH MONDAY. THEN AS A WAVE DEVELOPS AND MOVES ALONG THE FRONT...A CHANCE OF MORE SHOWERS TUESDAY. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... TUESDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES MORE DOMINATE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SPREAD INCREASING AMOUNTS MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 74 62 83 57 73 / 80 100 20 10 20 ATLANTA 72 62 79 59 70 / 90 100 20 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 69 58 74 53 64 / 90 100 20 30 40 CARTERSVILLE 73 61 84 54 69 / 90 100 10 20 30 COLUMBUS 76 67 86 60 77 / 80 100 20 10 10 GAINESVILLE 71 61 77 57 68 / 90 100 20 30 30 MACON 77 65 83 58 80 / 70 100 20 10 10 ROME 76 64 82 56 72 / 90 100 10 30 30 PEACHTREE CITY 74 60 82 54 72 / 90 100 20 10 10 VIDALIA 81 65 79 63 83 / 50 70 30 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 37
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 1:20 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 120 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 120 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING TORNADOES...IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY...PUSHING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME TODAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. AS INSTABILITY INCREASES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY CAN BE EXPECTED. CAPES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 1000 THIS AFTERNOON WITH EXTREMELY STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. AS THE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR REACH MAXIMUMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THE THREAT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH SUCH A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN PLACE...DO NOT WAIT FOR A TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED TO BEGIN YOUR SAFETY PREPARATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SLIGHTLY DIMINISHED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AFTER SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 24, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 1:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 113 min |
| Apr 25, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 5:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 10 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010
Sources
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.