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River Flood Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 10:53 AM EST for Towns County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 11:06 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2015, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2015, 11:06 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2015, 5:27 PM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Hiwassee River at Riverside Drive near Hiawassee (HWEG1). The gauge peaked at 9.43 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 11:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03544970, 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.
734 WGUS42 KFFC 241553 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1053 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia... Hiwassee River near Hiawassee affecting Towns 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. && GAC281-250553- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0166.151224T1606Z-151225T2227Z/ /HWEG1.1.ER.151224T1606Z.151224T1800Z.151225T1627Z.UU/ 1053 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flood Warning for The Hiwassee River near Hiawassee. * From this morning until Friday afternoon. * At 10 AM Thursday the stage was 9.3 feet...and rising. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 10 feet. * Forecast to rise above flood stage by late this morning and continue to rise to near 10.9 feet by this afternoon.The river will fall below flood stage by late Friday morning. * At 11 feet...Minor flooding continues and expands into fields and woodlands near the river. Smaller creeks and tributaries flowing into the river begin to back up. Several trailer homes on the south end of the Enchanted Valley Resort will begin to have water under them and may damage some outbuildings or sheds. && LAT...LON 3483 8376 3492 8375 3493 8368 3483 8368 $$
1 follow-up statement
387
WGUS82 KFFC 241833
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
133 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Hiwassee River near Hiawassee affecting Towns County
Nottely River near Blairsville affecting Union County
Talking Rock Creek near Hinton affecting Gilmer and Pickens
Counties
Crooked Creek near Norcross affecting Fulton and Gwinnett Counties
GAC123-227-241903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0149.000000T0000Z-151224T1833Z/
/TKRG1.1.ER.151224T1030Z.151224T1215Z.151224T1751Z.NO/
133 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
The Talking Rock Creek near Hinton.
* This takes affect immediately.
* At 1 PM Thursday the stage was 9.6 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* The creek will continue to fall.
* At 10 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding occurs in the
woodlands upstream and downstream along the creek from the gage
just downstream from the merger with Scarecorn Creek and off of
Patterson Road. Rapid flowing water will cause erosion conditions
to the banks and should not be crossed.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 8452 3449 8452 3449 8461 3455 8468
3459 8463 3456 8459
$$
GAC291-241903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0151.000000T0000Z-151224T1833Z/
/BLVG1.1.ER.151224T1015Z.151224T1330Z.151224T1758Z.NO/
133 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
The Nottely River near Blairsville.
* This takes affect immediately.
* At 1 PM Thursday the stage was 13.9 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 14 feet.
* The river will continue to fall.
&&
LAT...LON 3477 8392 3482 8396 3485 8401 3489 8396
3486 8391 3481 8386
$$
GAC281-241903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0166.000000T0000Z-151225T2227Z/
/HWEG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
133 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
The Hiwassee River near Hiawassee.
* This takes affect immediately.
* Until Friday afternoon.
* At 1 PM Thursday the stage was 8.7 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 10 feet.
* The river will continue to fall.
* At 9 feet...Bankfull conditions continue with water beginning to
spread into the natural flood plain. The high water begins to
affect backyards of trailer homes near the river in the Enchanted
Valley Resort.
&&
LAT...LON 3483 8376 3492 8375 3493 8368 3483 8368
$$
GAC121-135-241903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0175.000000T0000Z-151224T1833Z/
/CRKG1.1.ER.151224T1628Z.151224T1645Z.151224T1715Z.UU/
133 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
The Crooked Creek near Norcross.
* This takes affect immediately.
* At 1 PM Thursday the stage was 9.4 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* The creek will continue to fall.
* At 9 feet...Bankfull conditions occur upstream and downstream
from the gage at Spalding Drive.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 8425 3395 8429 3392 8425 3397 8421
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 8:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 9:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 18 days |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 11 days |
| Dec 23, 11:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 12:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 1:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Dec 24, 2:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 9 days |
| Dec 24, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Dec 24, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 3:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 3:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 4:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 8 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 61 min |
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 5:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 5:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 5:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 53 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 5:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 6:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 6:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 6:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 6:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 7:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, White | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 7:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 7:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 13 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 8:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 9:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 58 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 26 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 10 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 11:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 51 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.