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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 16, 2011Cobb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2011, 8:42 AM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 8:42 AM EDT (12:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 3:47 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
Minor

County Cobb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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 Noses Creek at Powder Springs Road near Powder Springs (NOSG1). The gauge peaked at 11.34 ft at Apr 16, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate5101504/1604/17
Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02336968, 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.

914 
WGUS42 KFFC 161242
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
842 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

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

  NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS AFFECTING COBB 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.

&&

GAC067-170242-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0043.110416T1242Z-000000T0000Z/
/NOSG1.1.ER.110416T1140Z.110416T1230Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
842 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* AT 8 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET...AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. 


$$
1 follow-up statement
866 
WGUS82 KFFC 161947
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS AFFECTING COBB COUNTY

 
GAC067-162017-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110416T1947Z/
/NOSG1.1.ER.110416T1140Z.110416T1530Z.110416T1830Z.NO/
347 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NOSES CREEK NEAR POWDER SPRINGS
* AT 03PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET...AND 
  FALLING RAPIDLY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton43 min
Apr 15, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson48 min
Apr 15, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett41 min
Apr 15, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall47 min
Apr 15, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding45 min
Apr 15, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson49 min
Apr 15, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe42 min
Apr 15, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett41 min
Apr 15, 10:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton40 hr
Apr 15, 11:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb6 hr
Apr 16, 12:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth14 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade34 hr
Apr 16, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup50 min
Apr 16, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding50 min
Apr 16, 1:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fulton, Meriwether51 min
Apr 16, 2:10 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding50 min
Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 1 more52 min
Apr 16, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris44 min
Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee45 min
Apr 16, 3:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether49 min
Apr 16, 3:35 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more16 hr
Apr 16, 3:39 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Talbot36 min
Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding39 min
Apr 16, 4:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson26 min
Apr 16, 4:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot50 min
Apr 16, 4:45 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee45 min
Apr 16, 5:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson48 min
Apr 16, 5:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor42 min
Apr 16, 6:14 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam46 min
Apr 16, 6:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield64 hr
Apr 16, 10:34 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield28 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.