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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Jan 24, 2010, 9:14 PM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2010, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2010, 9:14 PM EST
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Shoal Creek at GA 54 near Sharpsburg (SHPG1). The gauge peaked at 10.27 ft at Jan 24, 2010, 10:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02344620, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123 WGUS42 KFFC 250214 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 914 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING CREEKS IN GEORGIA... NICKAJACK CREEK NEAR MABLETON AFFECTING COBB COUNTY SHOAL CREEK NEAR SHARPSBURG AFFECTING COWETA COUNTY .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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && GAC067-251614- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0020.100125T0214Z-000000T0000Z/ /NICG1.1.ER.100125T0100Z.100125T0100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 914 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NICKAJACK CREEK NEAR MABLETON. * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 830 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. $$ GAC077-251613- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0021.100125T0214Z-000000T0000Z/ /SHPG1.1.ER.100125T0123Z.100125T0130Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 914 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SHOAL CREEK NEAR SHARPSBURG. * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 830 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 7:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 8 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:16 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 15 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 114 min |
| Jan 24, 9:48 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 30 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 29 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 18 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 15 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Jan 25, 5:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 67 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 46 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 60 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 22 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:05 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 17 hr |
Nearby
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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.