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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 9:03 AM EST for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 9:45 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2016, 9:03 AM EST (14:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2016, 9:45 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 5:54 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Sweetwater Creek (E ATL) at Club Drive near Lilburn (STWG1). The gauge peaked at 11.38 ft at Feb 3, 2016, 1:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 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 02205865, 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.
565 WGUS42 KFFC 031403 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 903 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood Warning for the following creek in Georgia... Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn 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. && GAC135-032254- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0036.160203T1445Z-160203T2254Z/ /STWG1.1.ER.160203T1445Z.160203T1600Z.160203T1654Z.UU/ 903 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flood Warning for The Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn. * From this morning until this afternoon. * At 830 AM Wednesday the stage was 10.4 feet...and rising. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 11 feet. * Forecast to rise above flood stage by late this morning and continue to rise to near 11.4 feet by noon. The creek will fall below flood stage by early afternoon. * At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in portions of the Northwood Country Club Golf Course upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas downstream from the gage and for the next four miles until the creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408 3389 8412 $$ 16
2 follow-up statements
100 WGUS82 KFFC 031828 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 128 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia... Alcovy River near Lawrenceville affecting Gwinnett and Walton Counties Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County GAC135-297-040431- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160204T0431Z/ /ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1638Z.160203T1900Z.160203T2231Z.UU/ 128 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...Flood Warning extended until this evening...The Flood Warning continues for The Alcovy River near Lawrenceville. * Until this evening. * At 100 PM Wednesday the stage was 10.3 feet...and rising. * Minor flooding will continue. * Flood stage is 9 feet. * The river will continue rising to near 10.7 feet by this afternoon. The river will fall below flood stage late this afternoon. * At 11 feet...Moderate flooding begins. Significant flooding expands further into the woodlands upstream and downstream from the river gauge at New Hope Road. The water level reaches the bottom of the bridge. County officials may need to close the bridge due to erosion to the banks on the sides of the bridge. && LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379 $$ GAC135-040154- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160204T0154Z/ /STWG1.1.ER.160203T1450Z.160203T1730Z.160203T1954Z.UU/ 128 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...Flood Warning continues for The Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn. * Until this evening. * At 100 PM Wednesday the stage was 11.4 feet...and steady. * Minor flooding will continue. * Flood stage is 11 feet. * The creek will continue to fall to below flood stage by this afternoon. * At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in portions of the Northwood Country Club Golf Course upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas downstream from the gage and for the next four miles until the creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408 3389 8412 $$
459 WGUS82 KFFC 032047 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Georgia... Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County GAC135-032117- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160204T0154Z/ /STWG1.1.ER.160203T1450Z.160203T1730Z.160203T1945Z.UU/ 347 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 The Flood Warning is cancelled for The Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn. * This takes affect immediately. * At 3 PM Wednesday the stage was 10.6 feet...and falling. * Flood stage is 11 feet. * The creek will continue to fall. * At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in portions of the Northwood Country Club Golf Course upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas downstream from the gage and for the next four miles until the creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408 3389 8412 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| Feb 3, 3:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 4:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 29 min |
| Feb 3, 4:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 4:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 46 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 5:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 5:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 70 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 23 min |
| Feb 3, 6:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 6:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 17 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 51 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Feb 3, 6:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 7:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clayton, Gwinnett, Jackson, Rockdale | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 7:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Troup | 25 min |
| Feb 3, 7:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| Feb 3, 8:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 58 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 8:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 41 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 66 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 8:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 9:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Morgan, Newton, Oconee | 27 min |
| Feb 3, 9:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 9:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 9:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 9:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 36 min |
| Feb 3, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 10:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 34 min |
| Feb 3, 10:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 70 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 11:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Hancock, Houston and 7 more | 62 min |
| Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 29 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 38 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 64 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 4 days |
| Feb 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 9 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Feb 3, 12:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 12:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 1:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 5 more | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 1:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Glascock, Houston and 9 more | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson and 4 more | 25 min |
| Feb 3, 3:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens and 3 more | 24 min |
| Feb 3, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 6 more | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 4:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Feb 3, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 5:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens and 7 more | 16 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.