River Flood Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Dec 22, 2011, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 22, 2011, 11:51 PM EST

Expired

Dec 23, 2011, 6:45 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 Big Creek near Alpharetta (APHG1). The gauge peaked at 6.85 ft at Dec 22, 2011, 11:00 PM EST.

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.

008 
WGUS42 KFFC 230206
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
906 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

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

  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON 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 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.

&&

GAC117-121-231606-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0064.111223T0451Z-111224T0027Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.111223T0451Z.111223T0600Z.111223T1827Z.NO/
906 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 830PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET...AND
  RISING RAPIDLY. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 7.2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED.  MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS 
  AND FIELDS BEGIN ALONG THE CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH 
  COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY.  
  FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY NEAR ALPHARETTA 
  WITH ABOUT 200 FEET OF THE GREENWAY BECOMING CLOSED. 


$$

978 
WGUS82 KFFC 231145
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...

  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES

GAC117-121-231215-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0064.000000T0000Z-111224T0027Z/
/APHG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
645 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 6 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET...AND SLOWLY FALLING.
* THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A SLOW RISE...RISING TO NEAR 6.9 FEET...
  JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE...AROUND 1 PM EST TODAY. THEN...THE RIVER WILL
  RESUME FALLING AGAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* AT 7.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED.  MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS 
  AND FIELDS BEGIN ALONG THE CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH 
  COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY.  
  FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY NEAR ALPHARETTA 
  WITH ABOUT 200 FEET OF THE GREENWAY BECOMING CLOSED. 

$$

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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.