River Flood Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Dec 22, 2011, 7:43 PM EST (00:43 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 23, 2011, 1:00 AM EST

Expired

Dec 23, 2011, 3:30 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Dade County, GA, Hamilton County, TN

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 Lookout Creek near New England (ENGG1). The gauge peaked at 11.93 ft at Dec 22, 2011, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage

10 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

17 ft

Major stage

19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03568933, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

877 
WGUS42 KFFC 230043
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

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

  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON 
  COUNTIES

.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 LOOKOUT CREEK 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.

&&

GAC083-TNC065-231443-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0062.111223T0600Z-111223T2024Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.111223T0600Z.111223T1200Z.111223T1424Z.UU/
743 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND
* FROM LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET...AND RISING. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. 
* THE CREEK IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
  AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.2 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE CREEK 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 12 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED AND MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. 
  FLOODING BEGINS ALONG SELLS LANE IN TRENTON...MASON ROAD NEAR 
  RISING FAWN...AND CREEK ROAD NEAR NEW ENGLAND. IN ADDITION...MINOR 
  FLOODING OF PASTURE AND GRAZING LAND BEGINS ALONG THE FLOOD PLAIN. 
  MINOR FLOODING OF THE CREEK CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED MUCH FURTHER 
  DOWNSTREAM AS IT CROSSES THE TENNESSEE BORDER INTO THE TIFTONA 
  AREA.
 

$$

299 
WGUS82 KFFC 230830
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON 
  COUNTIES
 
GAC083-TNC065-230900-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0062.000000T0000Z-111223T2024Z/
/ENGG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
330 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 3 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* THE CREEK CRESTED NEAR 11.9 FEET AROUND 11 PM EST THU...AND
  HAS FALLEN SINCE. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

$$

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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.