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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 3, 2016Gwinnett County, Georgia

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 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 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.

actionminormoderate5101502/0302/04
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 3:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade29 min
Feb 3, 3:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker30 min
Feb 3, 4:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield29 min
Feb 3, 4:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk28 min
Feb 3, 4:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade46 hr
Feb 3, 4:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray30 min
Feb 3, 5:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Haralson, Paulding30 min
Feb 3, 5:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 70 more17 hr
Feb 3, 5:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker6 hr
Feb 3, 5:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens23 min
Feb 3, 6:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton28 min
Feb 3, 6:18 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth17 hr
Feb 3, 6:18 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton51 hr
Feb 3, 6:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett34 min
Feb 3, 6:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta25 min
Feb 3, 7:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall30 min
Feb 3, 7:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clayton, Gwinnett, Jackson, Rockdale46 min
Feb 3, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry, Meriwether, Troup25 min
Feb 3, 7:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Troup31 min
Feb 3, 8:12 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa58 hr
Feb 3, 8:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Rockdale, Walton47 min
Feb 3, 8:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Henry, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding and 1 more32 min
Feb 3, 8:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield41 hr
Feb 3, 8:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield66 hr
Feb 3, 8:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart51 min
Feb 3, 8:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Feb 3, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson30 min
Feb 3, 9:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Morgan, Newton, Oconee27 min
Feb 3, 9:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union28 min
Feb 3, 9:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper35 min
Feb 3, 9:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson45 min
Feb 3, 9:38 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Feb 3, 9:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Webster36 min
Feb 3, 9:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan30 min
Feb 3, 10:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford34 min
Feb 3, 10:18 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield70 hr
Feb 3, 10:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
Feb 3, 11:00 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCUnion6 hr
Feb 3, 11:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Hancock, Houston and 7 more62 min
Feb 3, 11:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale29 hr
Feb 3, 11:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale38 hr
Feb 3, 11:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs4 days
Feb 3, 11:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee64 hr
Feb 3, 11:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson4 days
Feb 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton9 hr
Feb 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Feb 3, 11:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter33 min
Feb 3, 12:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more43 min
Feb 3, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson35 min
Feb 3, 1:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 5 more42 min
Feb 3, 1:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Glascock, Houston and 9 more47 min
Feb 3, 2:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson and 4 more25 min
Feb 3, 3:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens and 3 more24 min
Feb 3, 3:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 6 more58 min
Feb 3, 4:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCJohnson6 hr
Feb 3, 4:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler38 min
Feb 3, 4:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler43 min
Feb 3, 5:59 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga12 hr
Feb 3, 5:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens and 7 more16 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.