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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 24, 2013Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2013, 6:07 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2013, 6:07 AM EDT (10:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
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 10:09 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 7.29 ft at Mar 24, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate51003/2403/25
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.

965 
WGUS42 KFFC 241007
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
607 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 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.

&&

GAC117-250007-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0066.130324T1007Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130324T0910Z.130324T0945Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
607 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 5AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 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 6.3 FEET ON FEB 23 2013.
  

$$
3 follow-up statements
131 
WGUS82 KFFC 241418
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

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


GAC117-250418-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130324T0910Z.130324T1345Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1018 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 945 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* AT 7.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO 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 BE FLOODED. 
  THE AREAS UNDER THE GEORGIA 400 HIGHWAY AND MCFARLAND ROAD WILL BE 
  COVERED WITH AROUND TWO FEET OF WATER. A PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK 
  UNDER MAJORS ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND 3 FEET OF WATER. 


$$
629 
WGUS82 KFFC 241905
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

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

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

  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON 
  COUNTIES... 

  COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD 
  COUNTY... 

  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY... 

  OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE 
  COUNTIES... 


GAC083-TNC065-250905-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0067.000000T0000Z-130326T0000Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.130324T1203Z.130324T1630Z.130325T1800Z.UU/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND
* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. 
* AT 2 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW 
  EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 15 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND ALONG SELLS LANE 
  IN TRENTON...MASON ROAD NEAR RISING FAWN...AND CREEK ROAD NEAR NEW 
  ENGLAND. THESE ROADS AND OTHER ROADS WITH CREEKS FLOWING INTO 
  LOOKOUT CREEK WILL FLOOD CAUSING THE ROADS TO BE CLOSED. THE WATER 
  WILL BE A FEW FEET DEEP ON PORTIONS OF THESE ROADS. ALSO MINOR 
  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND DOWNSTREAM AS THE CREEK CROSSES 
  THE TENNESSEE BORDER INTO THE TIFTONA AREA.

$$

GAC313-250905-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0070.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.130324T1733Z.130324T1745Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON...
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 2 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING WILL CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* AT 16 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. PASTURE AND FIELDS 
  UPSTREAM...RIGHT AND LEFT BANK FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE...
  AND DOWNSTREAM ON THE LEFT BANK BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

GAC117-250905-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130324T0910Z.130324T1530Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 1 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET...AND FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. 
* AT 7 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO 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 BE FLOODED. 
  THE AREAS UNDER THE GEORGIA 400 HIGHWAY AND MCFARLAND ROAD WILL BE 
  COVERED WITH AROUND TWO FEET OF WATER. A PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK 
  UNDER MAJORS ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND 3 FEET OF WATER. 

$$

GAC117-121-250905-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-130325T1525Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.130324T0922Z.130324T1815Z.130325T0925Z.NO/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. 
* AT 2 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. 
* AT 7 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED.  MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS 
  AND FIELDS BEGIN ALONG THE CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH 
  COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY.  
  FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT PORTIONS OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY NEAR 
  ALPHARETTA AND SOME PORTIONS MAY BECOME CLOSED WITH AROUND ONE FOOT
  OF WATER...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 BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

GAC021-153-169-207-289-250904-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0069.130324T2047Z-130325T2200Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.130324T2047Z.130325T0600Z.130325T1600Z.NO/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON
* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 2 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 19 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. THE MACON GREENWAY 
  OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD IN AREAS JUST NORTH OF 
  THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE. CITIZENS OF THE TRAIL WILL NEED TO STOP 
  USE. IN ADDITION...THE LOWEST SECTIONS OF THE CHARLES JONES GATEWAY
  PARK WILL FLOOD.

$$

GAC059-133-219-250904-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0068.130325T1054Z-130326T0730Z/
/PNFG1.1.ER.130325T1054Z.130325T1800Z.130326T0130Z.NO/
305 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD
* UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* AT 2 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET. 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 13.7 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* AT 13 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS ALONG 
  THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON THE GEORGIA 
  HIGHWAY 15 BRIDGE. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW INTO 
  AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PASTURES WITH A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER.

$$
791 
WGUS82 KFFC 242200
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

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

 
GAC117-242230-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-130324T2200Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.130324T0910Z.130324T1530Z.130324T2027Z.UU/
600 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
* AT 4 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET...AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. 
* BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET...BANKFULL CONDITIONS ARE EXPERIENCED
  IN THE LOW LYING AREAS OF THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM 
  FROM THE GAGE AT ATLANTA HIGHWAY...OR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 9. 
  PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALK ON THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY UNDER THE 
  GEORGIA 400 HIGHWAY AND MCFARLAND ROAD SEE FLOODING AND A 
  PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK UNDER MAJORS ROAD WILL BE COVERED 
  WITH UP TO A FOOT OF WATER. THE WATER LEVEL WILL BE AROUND THE 
  BOTTOM OF THE BOARDWALK ALONG SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE 
  GREENWAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart47 min
Mar 23, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster27 min
Mar 23, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter45 min
Mar 23, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion22 min
Mar 24, 12:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton38 hr
Mar 24, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Upson47 min
Mar 24, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup48 min
Mar 24, 2:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones49 min
Mar 24, 3:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Upson48 min
Mar 24, 3:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock39 min
Mar 24, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel24 min
Mar 24, 4:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel28 min
Mar 24, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup48 min
Mar 24, 5:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Washington28 min
Mar 24, 5:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson29 min
Mar 24, 5:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter35 min
Mar 24, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas23 min
Mar 24, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wheeler26 min
Mar 24, 6:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler23 min
Mar 24, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs16 min
Mar 24, 8:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade23 hr
Mar 24, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Mar 24, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs10 min
Mar 24, 10:41 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee36 hr
Mar 24, 1:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs20 hr
Mar 24, 1:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield41 hr
Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDTFreeze WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more12 hr
Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more27 hr
Mar 24, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker37 min
Mar 24, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Walton29 min

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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.