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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 2012Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2012, 5:13 AM EST for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2012, 5:13 AM EST (10:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 5:31 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
Minor

County Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Creek at GA 9 near Cumming (CMGG1). The gauge peaked at 6.94 ft at Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 AM EST.

actionminormoderate051003/0303/04
Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
6 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335580, 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.

912 
WGUS42 KFFC 031013
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
513 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

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

  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH 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.

&&

GAC117-040013-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0004.120303T1013Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.120303T0945Z.120303T0945Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
513 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 400 AM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. 
* THE CREEK SHOULD CREST NEAR 6.5 FEET LATER THIS MORNING THEN
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTERNOON.
* AT 6 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING WILL EXPAND 
  INTO THE NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN OF THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM 
  FROM THE GAGE AT ATLANTA HIGHWAY OR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 9. LARGE 
  PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALK AND BOARDWALK OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY 
  WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE AREAS UNDER THE GEORGIA 400 HIGHWAY AND 
  MCFARLAND ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND ONE FOOT OF WATER. A 
  PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK UNDER MAJORS ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH 
  AROUND TWO FEET OF WATER. 

$$
2 follow-up statements
428 
WGUS82 KFFC 031540
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1040 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
   BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES 

 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY 


GAC117-040540-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.120303T0945Z.120303T1445Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1040 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 9AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET...AND SLOWLY RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING... AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. 
* THE RIVER SHOULD CREST AROUND 7 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
* AT 6 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED WITH MINOR FLOODING EXPANDING  
  INTO THE NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN OF THE CREEK BOTH UPSTREAM AND 
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT ATLANTA HIGHWAY OR GEORGIA 
  HIGHWAY 9. LARGE PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALK AND BOARDWALK IN THE 
  BIG CREEK GREENWAY WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE AREAS UNDER THE 
  GEORGIA 400 AND MCFARLAND ROAD BRIDGES WILL BE COVERED WITH 
  AROUND ONE FOOT OF WATER. A PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK UNDER THE 
  MAJORS ROAD BRIDGE WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND TWO FEET OF 
  WATER. 
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.9 FEET ON DEC 1 2010.  

$$

GAC117-121-040540-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120304T2136Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.120303T1142Z.120304T0600Z.120304T1536Z.NO/
1040 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 
* AT 9AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET...AND SLOWLY RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO 
  CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY RISING...REACHING NEAR 7.4 FEET AROUND 
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE 
  TOMORROW MORNING.
* AT 7 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED.  MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS 
  AND FIELDS BEGIN ALONG THE CREEK FROM CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY TO 
  ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. FLOODING BEGINS 
  AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY NEAR ALPHARETTA. SOME 
  PORTIONS OF THE GREENWAY MAY BECOME CLOSED WITH AROUND ONE FOOT OF 
  WATER OVER THE PATHWAY...ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM 
  THE GAGE ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD AND NEAR ROCK HILL PARK. PORTIONS OF 
  THE YMCA CAMPGROUND OFF PRESTON RIDGE ROAD ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.5 FEET ON DEC 1 2010.  

$$
588 
WGUS82 KFFC 032231
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
531 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY

 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
 
  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES 

  CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG AFFECTING CARROLL...COWETA AND
  HEARD COUNTIES 

 
GAC117-032301-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120303T2231Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.120303T0945Z.120303T1545Z.120303T1957Z.UU/
531 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING 
* AT 4PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET...AND 
  FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 

$$

GAC117-121-041231-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120305T0200Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.120303T1142Z.120303T2030Z.120304T2000Z.NO/
531 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. 
* AT 4PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET...AND 
  RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 7.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE 
  WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE CREEK FROM NEAR CUMMING IN SOUTH 
  FORSYTH COUNTY TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. 
  ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY HAVE MINOR FLOODING 
  WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER. MOST OF THE WALKING AND BIKING PATHS 
  WILL BE CLOSED...ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE 
  ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD AND NEAR ROCK HILL PARK. PORTIONS OF THE 
  YMCA CAMPGROUND OFF PRESTON RIDGE ROAD WILL FLOOD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.5 FEET ON DEC 1 2010.  

$$

GAC045-077-149-041231-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120304T1300Z/
/WHTG1.1.ER.120303T2042Z.120304T0000Z.120304T0700Z.NO/
531 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. 
* AT 4PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET...AND 
  RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS. BOAT RAMP PARKING LOT 
  FLOODS.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.3 FEET ON DEC 3 2009.
  

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard44 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield21 min
Mar 2, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Polk42 min
Mar 2, 7:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd38 min
Mar 2, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk46 min
Mar 2, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon32 min
Mar 2, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd41 min
Mar 2, 8:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Paulding50 min
Mar 2, 8:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd53 min
Mar 2, 9:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more49 min
Mar 2, 9:26 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow35 min
Mar 2, 9:39 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson51 min
Mar 2, 9:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin32 min
Mar 2, 10:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon46 min
Mar 2, 10:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks43 min
Mar 2, 10:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens52 min
Mar 2, 10:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens33 min
Mar 2, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon40 min
Mar 2, 10:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite50 min
Mar 2, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon44 min
Mar 2, 10:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White37 min
Mar 2, 10:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd51 min
Mar 2, 11:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon4 hr
Mar 2, 11:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite14 min
Mar 2, 11:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Mar 3, 12:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens5 hr
Mar 3, 12:15 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCTroup45 min
Mar 3, 12:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk29 min
Mar 3, 12:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk39 min
Mar 3, 12:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether11 min
Mar 3, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison23 min
Mar 3, 1:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas46 min
Mar 3, 1:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton31 min
Mar 3, 1:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton33 min
Mar 3, 1:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Mar 3, 1:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton23 min
Mar 3, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton34 min
Mar 3, 2:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas28 min
Mar 3, 2:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta20 min
Mar 3, 2:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup50 min
Mar 3, 2:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke34 min
Mar 3, 2:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton41 min
Mar 3, 2:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding27 min
Mar 3, 3:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee35 min
Mar 3, 3:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe14 min
Mar 3, 3:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes34 min
Mar 3, 3:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb6 hr
Mar 3, 4:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett6 hr
Mar 3, 5:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton36 hr
Mar 3, 6:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee31 min
Mar 3, 7:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee33 min
Mar 3, 7:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach and 4 more33 min
Mar 3, 8:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler31 min
Mar 3, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs24 min
Mar 3, 9:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson29 min
Mar 3, 9:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more30 min
Mar 3, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen48 min
Mar 3, 10:19 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard16 hr
Mar 3, 2:40 PM ESTFreeze WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more18 hr

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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.