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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 23, 2013Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2013, 10:44 PM EST for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2013, 10:44 PM EST (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2013, 9:51 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: Minor

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellow Jacket Creek at Hammett Road below Hogansville (YJCG1). The gauge peaked at 8.13 ft at Feb 24, 2013, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02338840, 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.

383 
WGUS42 KFFC 240344
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1044 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2013

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

  YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE AFFECTING TROUP 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.

&&

GAC285-241744-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0049.130224T0344Z-000000T0000Z/
/YJCG1.1.ER.130224T0330Z.130224T0330Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1044 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET...AND RISING SLOWLY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. 
* AT 8 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF THE MARSHY WETLANDS AND 
  WOODS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STREAM GAGE 
  ON THE HAMMETT ROAD BRIDGE.

$$

3 follow-up statements

738 
WGUS82 KFFC 240754
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
254 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE AFFECTING TROUP COUNTY 


GAC285-242154-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/YJCG1.1.ER.130224T0330Z.130224T0730Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
254 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 230 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET...AND RISING SLOWLY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF THE MARSHY WETLANDS AND 
  WOODS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STREAM GAGE 
  ON THE HAMMETT ROAD BRIDGE.

$$

850 
WGUS82 KFFC 241129
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
  YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE AFFECTING TROUP COUNTY 


GAC285-250129-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/YJCG1.1.ER.130224T0330Z.130224T1015Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
629 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 530 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF THE MARSHY WETLANDS AND 
  WOODS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STREAM GAGE 
  ON THE HAMMETT ROAD BRIDGE.

$$

151 
WGUS82 KFFC 241451
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
951 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
GEORGIA...
 
  YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE AFFECTING TROUP COUNTY.
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
  MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES. 


GAC021-153-169-207-289-250451-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.130223T2131Z.130228T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
951 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 9 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. 
* AT 21 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. MUCH OF THE MACON GREENWAY
  OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL FLOOD NORTH OF THE FIFTH STREET 
  BRIDGE. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING INCREASE NORTH AND SOUTH OF MACON.

$$

GAC285-241521-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130224T1451Z/
/YJCG1.1.ER.130224T0330Z.130224T1015Z.130224T1337Z.UU/
951 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE YELLOWJACKET CREEK NEAR HOGANSVILLE.
* AT 9 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. 
* AT 8 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF THE MARSHY WETLANDS AND 
  WOODS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STREAM GAGE 
  ON THE HAMMETT ROAD BRIDGE.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 12:15 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Crisp	6 hr
Feb 24, 2:04 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	7 hr
Feb 24, 3:50 AM EST	Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 69 more	58 hr
Feb 24, 7:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Pulaski	14 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.