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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 14, 2014Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Oct 14, 2014, 1:18 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2014, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Oct 21, 2014, 1:18 PM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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 6.69 ft at Oct 14, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT.

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.

133 
WGUS42 KFFC 141718
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
118 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...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.

&&

GAC117-150718-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0089.141014T1718Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.141014T1645Z.141014T1645Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
118 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 12 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET.
* AT 6 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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3418 8424 3417 8420 3411 8419 3410 8420
      3410 8425 3411 8424             

$$

4 follow-up statements

787 
WGUS82 KFFC 141745
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

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

 
GAC117-150457-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-141015T0457Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.141014T1645Z.141014T2200Z.141014T2257Z.UU/
145 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 12 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 6.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING.THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* AT 6 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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3418 8424 3417 8420 3411 8419 3410 8420
      3410 8425 3411 8424             

$$

738 
WGUS82 KFFC 142055
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
455 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING CREEKS IN GEORGIA...
  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON 
  COUNTIES 

  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY 


GAC083-TNC065-151055-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0090.000000T0000Z-141015T1136Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.141014T0827Z.141014T1230Z.141015T0536Z.UU/
455 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET...AND FALLING SLOWLY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553             

$$

GAC117-150457-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-141015T0457Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.141014T1645Z.141014T2200Z.141014T2257Z.UU/
455 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 345 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET...AND RISING SLOWLY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 6.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING.THE CREEK WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* AT 6 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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3418 8424 3417 8420 3411 8419 3410 8420
      3410 8425 3411 8424             

$$

713 
WGUS82 KFFC 150124
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING CREEKS IN GEORGIA...
 
  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON 
  COUNTIES 

  BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY 

  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES 
 
GAC083-TNC065-151524-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0090.000000T0000Z-141016T0400Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.141014T0827Z.141014T1230Z.141015T2200Z.UU/
924 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLOOD WARNING WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 900 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET...AND FALLING SLOWLY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY
  EVENING.
* 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553             

$$

GAC117-150901-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-141015T0901Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.141014T1645Z.141015T0030Z.141015T0301Z.UU/
924 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 900 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.
* 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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3418 8424 3417 8420 3411 8419 3410 8420
      3410 8425 3411 8424             

$$

GAC117-121-151524-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0091.141015T0600Z-141016T0600Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.141015T0600Z.141015T1200Z.141016T0000Z.NO/
924 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 900 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET...AND STEADY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 7.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.THE CREEK 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8425 3410 8420 3404 8425 3402 8430
      3404 8433 3407 8427             

$$

139 
WGUS82 KFFC 150510
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
110 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014

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

 
GAC117-150540-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-141015T0901Z/
/CMGG1.1.ER.141014T1645Z.141015T0100Z.141015T0348Z.UU/
110 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING.
* THIS TAKES AFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
* AT 1245AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET...AND 
  FALLING QUICKLY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.

&&

LAT...LON 3418 8424 3417 8420 3411 8419 3410 8420
      3410 8425 3411 8424             

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 14, 12:17 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more	8 hr
Oct 14, 3:23 AM EDT	Flood Watch	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, White	23 min
Oct 14, 3:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	49 min
Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Troup	60 min
Oct 14, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart	55 min
Oct 14, 4:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	7 hr
Oct 14, 4:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster	52 min
Oct 14, 4:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether and 4 more	42 min
Oct 14, 5:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	29 min
Oct 14, 5:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon, Murray	25 min
Oct 14, 5:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more	46 min
Oct 14, 5:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	28 min
Oct 14, 5:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	32 min
Oct 14, 5:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	29 min
Oct 14, 5:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more	25 min
Oct 14, 6:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson	45 min
Oct 14, 6:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Union and 1 more	47 min
Oct 14, 6:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Newton	31 min
Oct 14, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens	48 min
Oct 14, 6:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 3 more	46 min
Oct 14, 7:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Wilkinson	30 min
Oct 14, 7:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee	35 min
Oct 14, 7:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more	48 min
Oct 14, 8:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	23 min
Oct 14, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington	44 min
Oct 14, 10:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	6 hr
Oct 14, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb	32 min
Oct 14, 2:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	17 hr
Oct 14, 5:24 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	39 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.