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River Flood Warning 232, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2013, 10:34 AM EST for Floyd County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 23, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2013, 10:34 AM EST (15:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2013, 7:22 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The river
Written for the forecast point Oostanaula River at US 27 at Rome (RTMG1). The gauge peaked at 22.31 ft at Dec 23, 2013, 8:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 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 02388525, 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.
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WGUS42 KFFC 231534
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR ROME US HWY. 27 AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL AFFECTING COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES
FLINT RIVER NEAR LOVEJOY AFFECTING CLAYTON...FAYETTE AND SPALDING
COUNTIES
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE AFFECTING BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND
WILKINSON 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.
&&
GAC115-240534-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0232.131224T0000Z-131224T1222Z/
/RTMG1.1.ER.131224T0000Z.131224T0600Z.131224T0622Z.NO/
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR ROME US HWY. 27.
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 945 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.1 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 25.1 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 250 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE GAGE ON THE TURNER MCCALL BRIDGE OR U.S. HIGHWAY 27. THE
HERITAGE PARK ROME GREENWAY CONTINUES TO FLOOD WITH SOME LOCATIONS
UP TO 5 FEET DEEP. ALL DRAINAGE VALVES MUST BE CLOSED AT THE
OUTFALLS IN ROME. THE FLOOD GATE ON THE ROME LEVEE SHOULD BE
CLOSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3431 8520 3428 8514 3421 8518 3425 8524
$$
GAC067-097-240533-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0233.131223T1547Z-131224T1200Z/
/AUSG1.1.ER.131223T1547Z.131224T0000Z.131224T0600Z.NO/
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL.
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 945 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* AT 10 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE NEAR THE
INTERSTATE 20 BRIDGE. PORTIONS OF A PAINTBALL PLAYING FIELD JUST
DOWNSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE BEGIN TO FLOOD. ATHLETIC FIELDS IN THE
WOODROW WILSON PARK ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO
WATER BACKING UP IN DITCHES. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO FLOODS YARDS OF
FOUR ELEVATED HOMES ALONG MOUNT VERNON ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3379 8464 3385 8463 3380 8459 3374 8459
3370 8463 3376 8466
$$
GAC063-113-255-240533-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0234.131223T1930Z-131224T0834Z/
/LOVG1.1.ER.131223T1930Z.131224T0000Z.131224T0234Z.NO/
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE FLINT RIVER NEAR LOVEJOY.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 945 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 12.6 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.
* AT 12 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED AND MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
FLOODING OF RIVERS EDGE GOLF COURSE BEGINS. SEVERAL HOLES AND
FAIRWAYS WILL FLOOD. FLOODING OF SOME YARDS BEGINS UPSTREAM OF GAGE
BETWEEN UPPER RIVERDALE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 138.
&&
LAT...LON 3360 8444 3363 8438 3354 8434 3340 8435
3340 8443 3354 8441
$$
GAC021-153-169-207-289-240533-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0235.131224T0452Z-131226T0818Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.131224T0452Z.131225T0600Z.131226T0218Z.NO/
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 945 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 21 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. MUCH OF THE MACON GREENWAY
OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL FLOOD NORTH OF THE FIFTH STREET
BRIDGE. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING INCREASES NORTH AND SOUTH OF MACON.
&&
LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353
3263 8359 3274 8363
$$
GAC009-303-319-240533-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0236.131223T2122Z-131225T0155Z/
/MLGG1.1.ER.131223T2122Z.131224T0600Z.131224T1955Z.NO/
1034 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT 945 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 27 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 28.8 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 30 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE
WOODLANDS AND PASTURE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE NEAR
THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 22 AND 24 BRIDGE. FISHING CREEK BACKS UP AND A
FEW BUILDINGS ALONG THE CREEK WILL BE FLOODED. ALSO TANYARD BRANCH
STREAM BETWEEN EAST THOMAS AND EAST CHARLESTON STREETS IN
MILLEDGEVILLE WILL FLOOD. SINCLAIR DAM WILL LIKELY HAVE FOUR GATES
OPEN TO REACH THIS HEIGHT.
&&
LAT...LON 3313 8325 3314 8317 3308 8317 3302 8313
3297 8316 3304 8324
$$1 follow-up statement
098 WGUS82 KFFC 232052 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 352 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN GEORGIA... OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR ROME US HWY. 27 AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY GAC115-232122- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0232.000000T0000Z-131224T1222Z/ /RTMG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 352 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR ROME US HWY. 27. * THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY. THE RIVER IS NO LONGER FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. * AT 3PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.1 FEET...AND STEADY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET. * THE CREEK/RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. * AT 24 FEET...BANKFULL CONDITIONS EXPAND ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON THE TURNER MCCALL BRIDGE OR U.S. HIGHWAY 27. THE HERITAGE PARK ROME GREENWAY CONTINUES TO FLOOD WITH SOME LOCATIONS UP TO 4 FEET DEEP. THE DRAINAGE VALVES MUST BE CLOSED AT THE AMERICAN LEGION AND POLICE STATION OUTFALLS. && LAT...LON 3431 8520 3428 8514 3421 8518 3425 8524 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 23, 10:08 AM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:08 AM EST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1008 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 .UPDATE... BACK DOOR COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHING SEWD ACROSS THE CWA AND THE PERSISTENT SHIELD OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRECIP HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN TIER OF THE AREA WITH ONLY LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS TRAILING BEHIND IT. HAVE TRENDED DECREASING POPS A BIT QUICKER THOUGH STILL UP TO ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF MACON THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ANY CONTINUED RUNOFF ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK AND PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BAKER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 633 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013/ PREV DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... /ISSUED 353 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013/ TWO BANDS OF RAIN ARE STRETCHED ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING AND ARE SLOW IN PROGRESSION THUS THE THREAT OF FLOODING CONTINUES THIS MORNING. BASED ON THE FORECAST...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 21Z AND SEE THE HYDRO SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS. THE RAIN WILL SHIFT OUT OF NORTH GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND OUT OF CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE RAIN AND DOMINATE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM...KEEPING THE CWA DRY AFTER TODAY. THE CWA REMAINS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH TODAY WITH THE AXIS OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CONUS THIS MORNING. THE TROUGH AXIS WILL ACTUALLY NOT SWING THROUGH THE CWA UNTIL TONIGHT...SO ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY...SOME OF THE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND. FOR TUESDAY...BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA. AT THIS TIME THOUGH...FORECAST KEEPS THE WINDS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE MORE SEASONAL. A BIG DIFFERENCE IN LOW TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING AS COMPARED TO THIS MORNING WITH LOWS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA DIPPING DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TUESDAY MORNING. 11 && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... /ISSUED 353 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013/ BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REIGNING THROUGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THURSDAY...BOTH MODELS HAVE AN IMPULSE SPREADING MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA...AND OFFERS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS DOMINATE...BUT A COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTHWARD SPREADING CLOUDINESS INTO THE TN VALLEY ON SUNDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR PRECIP FROM EITHER MODEL AT THIS TIME. MOS TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE WITH MINIMUM TWEAKING. 37 && .HYDROLOGY... /ISSUED 353 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013/ WITH TWO TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...ALREADY HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO GO INTO FLOOD ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA /WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS/...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT. DID NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AREA OF THE FLOOD WATCH...HOWEVER DID ADJUST THE TIME. WITH RAIN FORECAST INTO THE MID MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 21Z. THIS MAY BE A LITTLE ON THE LONG SIDE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. KEEP IN MIND...IT MAY TAKE A DAY OR TWO FOR SOME OF THE POINTS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AS THEY ARE SLOWER TO RESPOND. && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... IN A LULL OF RAIN ACROSS THE ATL METRO TAF SITES...BUT ONE MORE LINE OF LIGHT RAIN WILL PUSH THROUGH THIS MORNING. RAIN SHOULD END BY THE AFTERNOON THOUGH AT ATL. CIGS ARE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE HIGHER THAN WERE EXPECTED. WITH MVFR/IFR ACROSS NE ALABAMA...STILL THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AT ATL. WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEST TO NW SIDE TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 20KTS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WINDS. LOW CONFIDENCE ON CIGS AND VSBYS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OF RAIN. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 57 34 48 25 / 70 5 5 10 ATLANTA 54 30 45 26 / 40 5 5 10 BLAIRSVILLE 52 26 38 20 / 20 5 5 10 CARTERSVILLE 53 28 42 23 / 20 5 5 10 COLUMBUS 58 34 51 27 / 70 5 5 10 GAINESVILLE 55 31 45 26 / 40 5 5 10 MACON 61 33 52 25 / 90 5 5 10 ROME 52 27 41 21 / 20 5 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 55 29 45 20 / 40 5 5 10 VIDALIA 66 43 56 34 / 100 40 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA... CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB... COWETA...CRAWFORD...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN... FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GREENE... GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...JACKSON... JASPER...LAMAR...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER... MONROE...MORGAN...MURRAY...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON... OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...PIKE...POLK... PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...TALBOT... TAYLOR...TOWNS...TROUP...UNION...UPSON...WALKER...WALTON... WHITE...WHITFIELD. && SHORT TERM...11/BAKER LONG TERM....37 AVIATION...11
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:57 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 557 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241100- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 557 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HEAVY RAIN... AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DISCUSSION... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PUMPING AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. IT IS THIS ABUNDANCE OF SLOW MOVING MOISTURE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO THAT WILL CAUSE THE FLOODING. STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY DURING DAYTIME HEATING COULD PRODUCE A FEW STRONG STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS GREATLY DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NECESSARY TODAY...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 6:43 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
643 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
GAZ097-098-109>111-231230-
643 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WHEELER...
TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM EST...
AT 642 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GODWINSVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TEMPERANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
WHEELER...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH 730
AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
TEMPERANCE...GODWINSVILLE...MILAN...CHAUNCEY...CHINA HILL...JAY BIRD
SPRINGS...JACKSONVILLE...ACHORD...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...
HELENA...MCRAE...CEDAR GROVE...WORKMORE...SCOTLAND AND ALAMO.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8314 3185 8318 3201 8313 3223 8317
3257 8267 3252 8268 3251 8263 3232 8257
3231 8265 3216 8261 3208 8262 3203 8260
3192 8261 3192 8267 3182 8281 3179 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 235DEG 30KT 3222 8310 3204 8305
3182 8315The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 7:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 38 hr |
| Dec 22, 7:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 12 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 12 hr |
| Dec 22, 9:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin | 12 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 12 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 12 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 27 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 114 min |
| Dec 23, 2:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 54 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 71 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 6:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 37 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 30 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 18 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 65 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:18 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 46 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 27 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 22 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.