River Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 13, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 13, 2012, 9:51 PM EDT

Expired

Jul 13, 2012, 10:52 PM EDT

In force

61 min

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 00:05 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 Jul 13, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT.

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.

907 
WGUS42 KFFC 140005
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
805 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

...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.

&&

GAC117-121-141405-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0009.120714T0151Z-120714T2100Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.120714T0151Z.120714T0600Z.120714T1500Z.NO/
805 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA...
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET...AND RISING. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 7.9 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING.
* AT 8 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.

$$

993 
WGUS82 KFFC 140252
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES.
 
GAC117-121-140322-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120714T2100Z/
/APHG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1052 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* AT 10 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. 
  

$$

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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.