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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 23, 2011Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2011, 2:57 AM EST for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2011, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2011, 4:21 PM EST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: Minor

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coahulla Creek at Keiths Mill Road near Dalton (CHCG1). The gauge peaked at 16.68 ft at Dec 24, 2011, 3:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02385170, 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.

455 
WGUS42 KFFC 230757
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
257 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

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

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING AT SOME POINTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...
AND RIVERS.

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.

&&

GAC313-232157-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0065.111223T0757Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111223T0745Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
257 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE COAHULLA CREEK AT KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 2 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 16.0 FEET BY 4 AM EST AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...LIKELY CRESTING NEAR
  `16.5 FEET.
* AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS 
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE...
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

7 follow-up statements

921 
WGUS82 KFFC 230938
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
438 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON AFFECTING MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES 

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY 

GAC213-313-232338-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ETNG1.1.ER.111223T0130Z.111223T0915Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
438 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 4 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO
  CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. RIVER SHOULD CREST NEAR 13.8 FEET THIS
  MORNING...THEN BEGIN A SLOW FALL.
* AT 14.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE 
  WOODLANDS...PASTURE AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER...UPSTREAM AND 
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 286 OR DAWNVILLE ROAD.

$$

GAC313-232338-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111223T0915Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
438 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 4 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO
  CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FEET BY MIDDAY TODAY.
* AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS 
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE...
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

785 
WGUS82 KFFC 231458
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON AFFECTING MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES 

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY 


GAC213-313-240458-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ETNG1.1.ER.111223T0130Z.111223T1430Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
958 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. 
* AT 14 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE 
  WOODLANDS...PASTURES AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER...UPSTREAM AND 
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 286...THE DAWNVILLE 
  ROAD.
  

$$

GAC313-240457-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111223T1300Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
958 AM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET...AND NEARLY STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURES AND FIELDS UPSTREAM 
  FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE ALONG THE RIGHT AND LEFT BANK...
  AND DOWNSTREAM  FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE ALONG THE 
  LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  

$$

336 
WGUS82 KFFC 231838
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
138 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON AFFECTING MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES 

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY 


GAC213-313-240838-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ETNG1.1.ER.111223T0130Z.111223T1745Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
138 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 130 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET...AND SLOWLY RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. 
* AT 14 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE 
  WOODLANDS...PASTURES AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER...UPSTREAM AND 
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 286...THE DAWNVILLE 
  ROAD.
  

$$

GAC313-240838-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111223T1300Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
138 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 130 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET...AND NEARLY STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURES AND FIELDS UPSTREAM 
  FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE ALONG THE RIGHT AND LEFT BANK...
  AND DOWNSTREAM  FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE ALONG THE 
  LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  

$$

427 
WGUS82 KFFC 240019
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
719 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON AFFECTING MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES 

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY 


GAC213-313-241419-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ETNG1.1.ER.111223T0130Z.111223T2315Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
719 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 7PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* AT 14.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE 
  WOODLANDS...PASTURE AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER...UPSTREAM AND 
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 286 OR DAWNVILLE ROAD.


$$

GAC313-241419-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111224T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
719 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 7PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET AND RISING SLOW.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS 
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE...
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.


$$

031 
WGUS82 KFFC 241014
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
514 AM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  COAHULLA CREEK AT KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY 

GAC313-250014-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111224T0800Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
514 AM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 5 AM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET...AND NEARLY STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK...BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

290 
WGUS82 KFFC 241613
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1113 AM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY. 

GAC313-250613-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111224T0800Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1113 AM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON...
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 10 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS 
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE...
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  

$$

027 
WGUS82 KFFC 242121
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
421 PM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY

 
GAC313-242151-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-111224T2121Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.111223T0745Z.111224T0800Z.111224T2037Z.UU/
421 PM EST SAT DEC 24 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON
* AT 4PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 22, 7:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor	58 min
Dec 22, 7:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	8 hr
Dec 22, 7:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston	51 min
Dec 22, 8:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	26 hr
Dec 22, 9:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	10 hr
Dec 23, 12:18 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	10 min
Dec 23, 12:25 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	76 min

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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.