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River Flood Warning 96, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2013, 9:12 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It took effect at May 5, 2013, 7:26 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2013, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2013, 7:26 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2013, 4:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Suwanee Creek at Suwanee (SWEG1). The gauge peaked at 8.94 ft at May 5, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02334885, 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.
300 WGUS42 KFFC 050112 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 912 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT 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. && GAC135-051512- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0096.130505T1030Z-130506T1000Z/ /SWEG1.1.ER.130505T1030Z.130505T1800Z.130506T0400Z.NO/ 912 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE. * FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 815 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.0 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.7 FEET SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT U S HIGHWAY 23 OR BUFORD HIGHWAY. PORTIONS OF THE SUWANEE CREEK PARK OFF OF SUWANEE CREEK TRAIL BEGIN TO FLOOD TO MARTIN FARM ROAD. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE AREAS BEHIND THE SUWANEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE GEORGE PIERCE PARK. $$
4 follow-up statements
796 WGUS82 KFFC 051023 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 623 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY GAC135-060023- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0096.130505T1126Z-130506T1000Z/ /SWEG1.1.ER.130505T1126Z.130505T1800Z.130506T0400Z.NO/ 623 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE. * FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 515 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY. * AT 9.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT U S HIGHWAY 23 OR BUFORD HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE SUWANEE CREEK GREENWAY AND TRAILS ARE FLOODED FROM THE SUWANEE CREEK PARK TO GEORGE PIERCE PARK. THE MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA BEHIND THE SUWANEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. $$
811 WGUS82 KFFC 051943 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR TILTON AFFECTING GORDON...MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES ETOWAH RIVER NEAR CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG AFFECTING CARROLL...COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES GAC129-213-313-060943- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130509T0720Z/ /TLNG1.1.ER.130506T0134Z.130508T0000Z.130509T0120Z.NO/ 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR TILTON. * FROM TONIGHT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AT 300 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 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 23.1 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 24 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EXPANDS INTO THE WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE BRACKETT RIDGE ROAD BRIDGE. $$ GAC057-060800- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0109.130505T2320Z-130506T0800Z/ /CNNG1.1.ER.130505T2320Z.130506T0000Z.130506T0200Z.NO/ 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR CANTON. * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 300 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.1 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT. * AT 16 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN BOILING PARK IN CANTON. SOCCER FIELDS AND LADY WARRIORS BALL FIELDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. THIS IS LOCATED BEHIND THE CANTON HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS ON HIGHER GROUND. IN ADDITION...THE CANTON GREENWAY BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ GAC045-077-149-060943- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0110.000000T0000Z-130507T0846Z/ /WHTG1.1.ER.130505T1639Z.130506T1200Z.130507T0246Z.NO/ 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG. * UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * AT 03PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET...AND RISING/FALLING/STEADY. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW LATE EVENING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. FARM AND PASTURE LAND BEGIN TO FLOOD AND SOME EVACUATION OF LIVESTOCK IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE RIVER IS REQUIRED. A SOD FARM UPSTREAM ALSO EXPERIENCES FLOODING. $$ GAC135-060943- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130506T1021Z/ /SWEG1.1.ER.130505T1210Z.130505T1845Z.130506T0421Z.NO/ 343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE. * UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * AT 300 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET...AND RISING SLOWLY. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. * THE CREEK APPEARS TO BE CRESTING AT THIS TIME AND SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 9 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT U S HIGHWAY 23 OR BUFORD HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE SUWANEE CREEK GREENWAY AND TRAILS ARE FLOODED FROM THE SUWANEE CREEK PARK TO GEORGE PIERCE PARK. THE MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA BEHIND THE SUWANEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. $$
417 WGUS82 KFFC 060256 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG AFFECTING CARROLL...COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT 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 PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON AFFECTING MURRAY AND WHITFIELD COUNTIES COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON AFFECTING WHITFIELD COUNTY HOLLY CREEK NEAR CHATSWORTH AFFECTING MURRAY COUNTY CHATTOOGA RIVER NEAR SUMMERVILLE AFFECTING CHATTOOGA COUNTY OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR CALHOUN AFFECTING GORDON COUNTY ARMUCHEE CREEK NEAR ARMUCHEE AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY COOSA RIVER NEAR ROME MAYO BAR LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY ETOWAH RIVER NEAR EAST CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY SOUTH RIVER NEAR MAGNET AFFECTING HENRY AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES SOUTH RIVER NEAR SNAPPING SHOALS AFFECTING BUTTS...HENRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES LITTLE RIVER NEAR WASHINGTON AFFECTING TALIAFERRO AND WILKES COUNTIES GAC063-113-255-061656- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0114.000000T0000Z-130507T0632Z/ /LOVG1.2.ER.130505T1746Z.130506T0600Z.130507T0032Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FLINT RIVER NEAR LOVEJOY. * UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET...AND STEADY. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.4 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING. * AT 14.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURS OF RESIDENTIAL YARDS UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE BETWEENUPPER RIVERDALE ROAD AND GEORGIA HIGHWAY 138. SOME ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD SUCH AS UPPER RIVERDALE ROAD AND MOCKINGBIRD ROAD. FLOODING EXPANDS ON PORTIONS OF THE RIVERS EDGE GOLF COURSE. SEVERAL HOLES AND FAIRWAYS WILL FLOOD. $$ GAC213-313-061656- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0095.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /ETNG1.1.ER.130505T0030Z.130506T0130Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT 14.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE WOODLANDS...PASTURE AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER...UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 286 OR DAWNVILLE ROAD. $$ GAC313-061656- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0097.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /CHCG1.1.ER.130505T0145Z.130506T0200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COAHULLA CREEK NEAR KEITHS MILL NEAR DALTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * AT 20.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE PASTURES...FIELDS AND WOODLANDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE KEITHS MILL ROAD BRIDGE. SOME AREAS WILL BE UNDER 4 FEET OF WATER. $$ GAC213-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HOLG1.1.ER.130505T0700Z.130505T2300Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE HOLLY CREEK NEAR CHATSWORTH. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON SMYRNA RAMHURST ROAD. $$ GAC055-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0101.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SUMG1.1.ER.130505T0815Z.130505T1900Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHATTOOGA RIVER NEAR SUMMERVILLE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * AT 14.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS AND FIELDS BEGINS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 27 OR ROME BOULEVARD. $$ GAC129-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0118.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /CALG1.1.ER.130505T2030Z.130506T0215Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR CALHOUN. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.4 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. * AT 21.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE BEHIND A WATER TREATMENT PLANT OFF MAULDIN ROAD. A BOAT RAMP AND PORTIONS OF A SMALL PARKING LOT ON THE UPSTREAM AND RIGHT BANK SIDE OF THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 136 CONNECTOR WILL BE UNDER WATER. $$ GAC115-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0119.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /ARCG1.1.ER.130505T2045Z.130506T0145Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ARMUCHEE CREEK NEAR ARMUCHEE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 FEET...RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * AT 19.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON OLD DALTON ROAD. $$ GAC115-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0121.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /RMBG1.1.ER.130505T2315Z.130506T0145Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COOSA RIVER NEAR ROME MAYO BAR LOCK AND DAM. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.4 FEET...RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET. * AT 24.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF THE WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON THE OLD LOCK AND DAM BEHIND THE TRADING POST. THE BOAT RAMP WILL BE MOSTLY UNDER WATER AT LOCK AND DAM PARK. $$ GAC057-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0117.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /ECTG1.1.ER.130505T1407Z.130506T0145Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ETOWAH RIVER NEAR EAST CANTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. * AT 18.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER GENERALLY EAST OF CANTON NEAR THE INTERSTATE 575 BRIDGE. A ROCK LANDING AND PARKING LOT BEHIND THE PUMP STATION OFF OF RIVERSTONE PARKWAY BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ GAC117-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0093.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /CMGG1.1.ER.130505T0019Z.130505T1845Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL EXPAND INTO THE NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN OF THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT ATLANTA HIGHWAY OR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 9. MOST OF THE SIDEWALK AND BOARDWALK OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY WILL BE UNDER A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER. THE AREAS UNDER THE GEORGIA 400 HIGHWAY AND MCFARLAND ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND THREE FEET OF WATER. A PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK UNDER MAJORS ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH AROUND FOUR FEET OF WATER. $$ GAC117-121-061655- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0094.000000T0000Z-130507T2248Z/ /APHG1.1.ER.130505T0415Z.130506T1200Z.130507T1648Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA. * UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 10.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD. THE FLOOD WATERS EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE WOODLANDS ALONG THE CREEK...AND BEGINS TO AFFECT SOME RESIDENTIAL YARDS BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY IS CLOSED AND COMPLETELY FLOODED WITH UP TO 4 FEET OF WATER IN SOME AREAS. $$ GAC045-077-149-061655- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0110.000000T0000Z-130506T2141Z/ /WHTG1.1.ER.130505T1639Z.130506T0600Z.130506T1541Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG. * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW LATE MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. FARM AND PASTURE LAND BEGIN TO FLOOD AND SOME EVACUATION OF LIVESTOCK IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE RIVER IS REQUIRED. A SOD FARM UPSTREAM ALSO EXPERIENCES FLOODING. $$ GAC135-061617- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130506T1617Z/ /SWEG1.1.ER.130505T1210Z.130505T2345Z.130506T1017Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE. * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 9.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS ALONG THE CREEK UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT U S HIGHWAY 23 OR BUFORD HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE SUWANEE CREEK GREENWAY AND TRAILS ARE FLOODED FROM THE SUWANEE CREEK PARK TO GEORGE PIERCE PARK. THE MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA BEHIND THE SUWANEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. $$ GAC067-097-061655- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0112.130506T0226Z-130507T0000Z/ /AUSG1.1.ER.130506T0141Z.130506T1200Z.130506T1800Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL. * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20 BRIDGE. PORTIONS OF A PAINTBALL PLAYING FIELD JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE BEGIN TO FLOOD. ATHLETIC FIELDS IN THE WOODROW WILSON PARK ON MOUNT VERNON ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO WATER BACKING UP IN DITCHES. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO FLOODS YARDS OF FOUR ELEVATED HOMES ALONG MOUNT VERNON ROAD. $$ GAC151-247-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0113.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /MGTG1.1.ER.130505T1815Z.130506T0145Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTH RIVER NEAR MAGNET. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET...AND FALLING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. * AT 21.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN PORTIONS OF THE WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES NEAR THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON OGLESBY BRIDGE ROAD IN BOTH HENRY AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES. $$ GAC035-151-217-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0111.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SPGG1.1.ER.130505T1330Z.130506T0045Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTH RIVER NEAR SNAPPING SHOALS. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT 12.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF WOODLANDS IN THE NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN BEGINS ALONG THE RIVER. DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 81...PORTIONS OF LUCY LANE AND LUNSFORD ROAD IN NORTH BUTTS COUNTY BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ GAC021-153-169-207-289-061655- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0104.000000T0000Z-130509T1200Z/ /MACG1.1.ER.130505T1745Z.130507T0000Z.130509T0600Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON. * UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.1 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 21.0 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. $$ GAC059-133-219-061655- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0116.130506T1330Z-130508T1549Z/ /PNFG1.1.ER.130506T1330Z.130507T1800Z.130508T0949Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD. * FROM TOMORROW LATE MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 900 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.6 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 15.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO FIELDS... WOODLANDS AND PASTURES...MAINLY ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER... UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 15 BRIDGE. $$ GAC265-317-061655- /O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0115.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /WTNG1.1.ER.130505T1900Z.130506T0200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1056 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE RIVER NEAR WASHINGTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 10 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.1 FEET ON NOV 12 2009. $$
435 WGUS82 KFFC 060835 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 435 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY GAC135-060905- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130506T1617Z/ /SWEG1.1.ER.130505T1210Z.130505T2345Z.130506T0812Z.NO/ 435 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE. * AT 415 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET...AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. $$
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 May 4, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 751 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 .UPDATE... HAVE MADE A SERIES OF UPDATES TO THE GRIDS. WINDS HAVE REALLY DROPPED OFF AS GRADIENT HAS SLACKENED...SO CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. OF COURSE...WITH VERY WET SOILS...EVEN LOW-END GUSTS CAN BRING TREES DOWN SO WILL NOT TOTALLY RULE OUT SOME TREE DAMAGE HERE AND THERE. DRY SLOT IN ALABAMA IS A BIT OF A BEAR SO TRIED TO TIME ITS MOVEMENT INTO WESTERN ZONES...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SUNSHINE POSSIBLE TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE COLD CORE LOW MOVES OVER. WHEN THAT HAPPENS...LAPSE RATES WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND AS PREVIOUS AFD MENTIONED...CANNOT RULE OUT SMALL HAIL /GRAUPEL/ IN THE SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP. ALL MODELS BRING BETWEEN 200-500 J/KG MUCAPE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON SO DID GO AHEAD AND ADD ISOLATED THUNDER UNDERNEATH THE UPPER LOW /BASICALLY WHERE POPS ARE LIKELY OR GREATER/...BUT IN GENERAL NOT THAT DISSIMILAR TO THE EMBEDDED THUNDER EXPERIENCED TODAY. TEMPS QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN FORECAST TRENDS...AND DEWPOINTS A BIT HIGHER... SO MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO BOTH BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT LOWS JUST YET. LOWS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CWA WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON IF THE DRY SLOT CLEARS THOSE AREAS OUT. COULD GET QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN FORECAST...BUT WILL MONITOR TRENDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WILL SEND A ROUND OF UPDATED PRODUCTS AND WILL REEVALUATE AGAIN CLOSER TO 10PM. TDP && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 746 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... PRESSURE PLOT ON LATEST SOUTHEAST SURFACE ANALYSIS IS QUITE AN UNUSUAL PATTERN FOR ANYTIME OF YEAR...BUT ESPECIALLY FOR EARLY MAY. IT FEATURES HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO WEDGE DOWN THE CAROLINAS WITH PRESSURE GRADIENT BECOMING ENHANCED BY LOW PRESSURE WHICH CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA. INVERTED TROUGH FROM THIS LOW EXTENDS THROUGH THE WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA WHILE A SECONDARY LOW GENERATED FROM UPPER LOW SITS POISED TO OUR NEXT WX MAKER TOMORROW EVENING. VERY COOL AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH LARGE SCALE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW AT 5K TO 10K FEET HAS RESULTED IN AREA-WIDE ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE PROFILE SUFFICIENT FOR LONG DURATION LIGHT RAIN EVENT. IN ADDITION...NARROW RIBBON OF INSTABILITY ALONG THE INVERTED TROUGH HAS ALLOWED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS TO DEVELOP WITH ISOLATED LIGHTNING WITHIN THE BAND. HAVE ADDED ISOLATED THUNDER TO THE GRIDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND FIRST PART OF THE EVENING BUT LEFT OUT FOR NOW FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SLOW CLEARING ANTICIPATED FROM WEST TO EAST ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD BE A SHARP CUTOFF AS IS CURRENTLY OBSERVED TO THE PRECIPITATION. BY 12Z SUN...AXIS OF RAINFALL WILL HAVE SHIFTED FROM FANNIN TO JEFFERSON COUNTIES AND POINTS EASTWARD WITH CONTINUED CLEARING TO THE WEST. THIS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED HOWEVER AS VERY STRONG AND COLD UPPER LOW BEGINS TO TRANSITION EAST BRINGING WAVES OF ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. THE FIRST OF THESE WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH A ZONE OF ENHANCED PRECIP MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ROTATING NORTH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO EXACERBATING FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...COLD CORE SYSTEM WILL FEATURE 500MB TEMPS OF -26C WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HAIL GIVEN MARGINAL MUCAPE PRESENT IN THE MODELS. WILL ADD MENTION TO HWO AND GRAPHICAST. DEESE LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING CONCERNS FROM THE SHORT TERM CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS. PRECIP CONTINUES THROUGH MON/TUE WITH A TOTAL 4 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GA BY 1TUESDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY...MAIN LOW CENTER MOVES OVER GA BEFORE PUSHING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. THIS LOW CENTER WILL KEEP PRECIP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DECIDED TO KEEP LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING POPS TO CHANCE TUE THEN TO SLIGHT CHANCE BY WED. AS LOW MOVES UP THE EAST COAST BY MID WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY MOVES INTO THE REGION BEFORE NEXT LOW AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK TO THE STATE. GOING WITH A DRY FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH GENERALLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS BACK IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH DAY 7 01 AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... LOW MVFR TO IFR CIGS THIS EVENING...WITH INTERMITTENT IMPROVEMENT...BUT EXPECT ALL IFR BY 02Z OR SO. DRY SLOT MOVING THROUGH AL WILL SWING INTO GA...WITH SCT CONDITIONS FOR CSG AND POSSIBLY THE METRO TAFS...THOUGH THE METRO TAFS WILL BE ON THE EDGE. DID BRING IN A PERIOD OF SCT FOR ATL/FTY/RYY/PDK 13Z-18Z SUNDAY...BUT THEN WHEN UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS BKN CIGS MOVE BACK IN AND LOWER TO MVFR WITH -SHRA. NE WINDS TO START THE PERIOD ALL BUT CSG...WITH WIND SHIFT TO NW EXPECTED METRO AROUND 06Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... MEDIUM-LOW ON TIMING OF CIGS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MEDIUM ON WIND SHIFT TIMING...PRECIP TIMING...AND VSBY. HIGH ON WIND SPEEDS. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 53 59 49 65 / 100 100 90 50 ATLANTA 48 61 47 64 / 100 80 100 60 BLAIRSVILLE 50 55 47 65 / 100 100 100 60 CARTERSVILLE 47 61 48 66 / 100 100 100 60 COLUMBUS 45 68 49 68 / 70 90 50 60 GAINESVILLE 51 55 49 63 / 100 100 100 60 MACON 53 70 46 68 / 100 50 60 60 ROME 47 60 48 68 / 100 90 100 60 PEACHTREE CITY 45 64 46 65 / 100 100 100 60 VIDALIA 60 73 52 72 / 100 100 20 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA... CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...DADE... DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH... GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HEARD...HENRY... JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MURRAY...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON... OCONEE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...ROCKDALE...SOUTH FULTON... SPALDING...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WALTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 803 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>058-060015- BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE- CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DOUGLAS-FANNIN- FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GORDON-GWINNETT-HALL-HARALSON-HEARD- HENRY-JACKSON-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MURRAY-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE- PAULDING-PICKENS-POLK-ROCKDALE-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-TOWNS-UNION- WALKER-WALTON-WHITE-WHITFIELD- 803 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SOME FLOODING ISSUES... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY AS A FRONT APPROACHES AND IMPACTS THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4.5 INCHES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...WITH A BROADER AREA OF 2.5 TO 3.5 SOUTH OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...AND 1-2.5 INCHES ELSEWHERE. WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING WITH ISOLATED MODERATE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN...TO GRIFFIN...TO ATHENS. INSTABILITY IS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... LOW PRESSURE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER GEORGIA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. GAZ038-039-049>051-059>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-060015- BALDWIN-BIBB-BLECKLEY-CHATTAHOOCHEE-CRAWFORD-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY- EMANUEL-GLASCOCK-GREENE-HANCOCK-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JASPER-JEFFERSON- JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-MACON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MUSCOGEE-OGLETHORPE-PEACH-PIKE-PULASKI-PUTNAM- SCHLEY-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UPSON-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER- WILCOX-WILKES-WILKINSON- 803 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING ISSUES... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY AS A FRONT APPROACHES AND IMPACTS THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4.5 INCHES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...WITH A BROADER AREA OF 2.5 TO 3.5 SOUTH OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...AND 1-2.5 INCHES ELSEWHERE. WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING WITH ISOLATED MODERATE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN...TO GRIFFIN...TO ATHENS. INSTABILITY IS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... LOW PRESSURE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER GEORGIA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 24 hr |
| May 4, 8:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 71 hr |
| May 4, 10:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| May 5, 12:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 18 hr |
| May 5, 3:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 43 hr |
| May 5, 4:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 23 hr |
| May 5, 4:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 10 hr |
| May 5, 4:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 21 hr |
| May 5, 5:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 9 hr |
| May 5, 6:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 5 days |
| May 5, 6:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| May 5, 6:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 8 hr |
| May 5, 7:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 6 hr |
| May 5, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 20 hr |
| May 5, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 21 hr |
| May 5, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 28 hr |
| May 5, 11:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 27 hr |
| May 5, 1:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 28 hr |
| May 5, 2:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 12 hr |
| May 5, 2:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
| May 5, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 hr |
| May 5, 3:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 3 days |
| May 5, 3:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 26 hr |
| May 5, 5:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 5 days |
| May 5, 5:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 5 days |
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 27 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.