River Flood Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 15, 2011, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 2011, 8:18 AM EDT

In force

29 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

County Floyd County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 Coosa River at Plant Hammond (HMMG1).

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

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

566 
WGUS42 KFFC 150717
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
317 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2011

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

  COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY


.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

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.

THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED 
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

&&

GAC115-152117-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0031.110315T0717Z-000000T0000Z/
/HMMG1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110314T1100Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
317 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND.
* FROM EARLY TUESDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 570.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 570 FEET. 
* AT 570 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND 
  PASTURE ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE 
  BEHIND PLANT HAMMOND. A BOAT RAMP NEAR THE INTAKES OF THE PLANT 
  WILL BE UNDER WATER.


$$

154 
WGUS82 KFFC 161218
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
818 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY
 
GAC115-161318-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110316T1218Z/
/HMMG1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110314T1100Z.110315T1500Z.UU/
818 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND.
* AT 700 AM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 567 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 570 FEET. 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.