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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 3, 2016Gwinnett County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 11:40 AM EST for Gwinnett County, Walton County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 12:25 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2016, 11:40 AM EST (16:40 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2016, 12:25 PM EST
Expired
Feb 3, 2016, 8:15 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gwinnett County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Alcovy River at New Hope Road near Grayson (ALCG1). The gauge peaked at 10.54 ft at Feb 3, 2016, 2:00 PM EST.

actionminormoderate51002/0302/0402/05
Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02208150, 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.

981 
WGUS42 KFFC 031640
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville affecting Gwinnett and Walton 
  Counties

  Shoal Creek near Panthersville affecting De Kalb 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.

&&

GAC135-297-040115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0044.160203T1753Z-160204T0115Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1753Z.160203T1900Z.160203T1915Z.UU/
1140 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for 
  The Alcovy River near Lawrenceville.
* From this afternoon until this evening.
* At 1030 AM Wednesday the stage was 7.8 feet...and rising.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 9 feet.
* Forecast to rise above flood stage by early afternoon and continue 
  to rise to near 9.1 feet by this afternoon. The river will fall 
  below flood stage by late this afternoon.
* At 9 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins of the 
  woodlands upstream and downstream from the river gauge at New Hope 
  Road.


&&

LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379


$$

GAC089-040639-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0045.160203T1640Z-000000T0000Z/
/SHOG1.1.ER.160203T1530Z.160203T1615Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1140 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for 
  The Shoal Creek near Panthersville.
* From this morning until further notice.
* At 11 AM Wednesday the stage was 11.3 feet...and rising.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* The creek will crest near 11.5 feet around noon...then fall
  below flood stage this afternoon.
* At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in
  the woodlands and natural flood plain of the creek upstream and 
  downstream from the gage on Columbia Drive.

&&

LAT...LON 3374 8431 3376 8425 3368 8421 3368 8428


$$

16
5 follow-up statements
626 
WGUS82 KFFC 031731
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1231 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
 
  Conasauga River near Eton affecting Murray and Whitfield Counties 

  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville affecting Gwinnett and Walton 
  Counties 

  Coahulla Creek near Keiths Mill near Dalton affecting Whitfield 
  County 

GAC213-313-040731-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0033.160203T1747Z-160205T0640Z/
/ETNG1.1.ER.160203T1747Z.160204T1200Z.160205T0040Z.NO/
1231 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...Flood Warning continues for
  The Conasauga River near Eton.
* From this afternoon until late Thursday night.
* At 12 PM Wednesday the stage was 11.7 feet...and rising.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12 feet.
* Forecast to rise above flood stage by this afternoon and continue 
  to rise to near 13.6 feet by Thursday morning. The river will fall 
  below flood stage by Thursday evening.
* At 14 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.
  

&&

LAT...LON 3473 8489 3499 8485 3499 8475 3491 8480 3472 8483


$$

GAC313-040731-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160206T0757Z/
/CHCG1.1.ER.160203T1513Z.160205T0100Z.160206T0157Z.UU/
1231 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Coahulla Creek near Keiths Mill near Dalton.
* Until late Friday night.
* At 12 PM Wednesday the stage was 16.6 feet...and rising.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Flood stage is 16 feet.
* The creek will continue rising to near 17.5 feet by Thursday 
  evening. The creek will fall below flood stage Friday evening.
* At 18 feet...Minor flooding expands into the pastures...fields 
  and woodlands upstream and downstream from the Keiths Mill Road 
  bridge.
  

&&

LAT...LON 3471 8489 3480 8495 3488 8495 3488 8486
      3480 8488 3474 8486             

$$

GAC135-297-040300-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0044.160203T1725Z-160204T0300Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1638Z.160203T1900Z.160203T2100Z.UU/
1231 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...Flood Warning continues for
  The Alcovy River near Lawrenceville.
* Until this evening.
* At 1145 AM Wednesday the stage was 9.1 feet...and rising.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Flood stage is 9 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 9.7 feet by this afternoon. 
  The river will fall below flood stage late this afternoon.
* At 10 feet...Minor flooding continues to expand further into the 
  woodlands upstream and downstream from the river gauge at New Hope 
  Road.
  

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379


$$
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


$$
751 
WGUS42 KFFC 032337
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

.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.

&&

GAC135-297-040007-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160204T0431Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1638Z.160203T1900Z.160203T2201Z.UU/
637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

Forecast information for
  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville.
* At 6 PM Wednesday the stage was 8.6 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 9 feet.
* At 9 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins of the 
  woodlands upstream and downstream from the river gauge at New Hope 
  Road.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379


$$
141 
WGUS42 KFFC 032344 CCA
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in 
Georgia...

  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville affecting Gwinnett and Walton 
  Counties 


&&

GAC135-297-040007-
/O.COR.KFFC.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160204T0431Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1638Z.160203T1900Z.160203T2201Z.UU/
637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

Forecast information for
  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville.
* This takes affect immediately.
* At 6 PM Wednesday the stage was 8.6 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 9 feet.
* The river will continue to fall.
* At 9 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins of the 
  woodlands upstream and downstream from the river gauge at New Hope 
  Road.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379


$$
402 
WGUS82 KFFC 040054
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in 
Georgia...
 
  Alcovy River near Lawrenceville affecting Gwinnett and Walton 
  Counties

 
GAC135-297-040124-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160204T0431Z/
/ALCG1.1.ER.160203T1638Z.160203T1900Z.160203T2201Z.UU/
754 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Alcovy River near Lawrenceville.
* This takes affect immediately.
* Until this evening.
* At 7 PM Wednesday the stage was 7.9 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 9 feet.
* The river will continue to fall.
* At 7 feet...Bankfull conditions are reached upstream and 
  downstream from the river gauge at New Hope Road.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8394 3394 8392 3396 8388 3383 8374 3379 8379


$$

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 ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett9 hr
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 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.