River Flood Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 11, 2013, 12:09 AM EST (05:09 UTC)

Expired

Feb 11, 2013, 4:19 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Flood severity

Minor

County Forsyth County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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 at GA 9 near Cumming (CMGG1). The gauge peaked at 6.20 ft at Feb 11, 2013, 2:00 AM EST.

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.

503 
WGUS42 KFFC 110509
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1209 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013

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

&&

GAC117-111909-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0033.130211T0509Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130211T0427Z.130211T0445Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1209 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET...AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* AT 6.0 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. 
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.1 FEET ON APR 5 2011.  

$$

746 
WGUS82 KFFC 110919
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013

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

 
GAC117-110949-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130211T0919Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130211T0427Z.130211T0700Z.130211T0827Z.UU/
419 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* AT 3 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* AT 6.0 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. 
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.1 FEET ON APR 5 2011.  

$$

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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.