Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2017, 10:48 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2017, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2017, 10:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County DeKalb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point South River at Flakes Mill Road near Snapfinger (SFMG1). The gauge peaked at 13.05 ft at Apr 6, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02203900, 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.
937 WGUS42 KFFC 060248 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1048 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia... South River near Snapfinger 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. && GAC089-061648- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0040.170406T0248Z-000000T0000Z/ /SFMG1.1.ER.170406T0230Z.170406T0230Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1048 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flood Warning for The South River near Snapfinger. * From this evening until further notice. * At 1030 PM Wednesday the stage was 12.8 feet...and rising. * Flood stage is 13 feet. * At 13 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in the woodlands and natural flood plain of the river upstream and downstream from the gage on Flakes Mill Road. Portions of the Chapel Park just west of the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3365 8427 3371 8427 3367 8415 3362 8419 $$
2 follow-up statements
945 WGUS82 KFFC 060516 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 116 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017 ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia... South River near Snapfinger affecting De Kalb County GAC089-061349- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170406T1349Z/ /SFMG1.1.ER.170406T0230Z.170406T0600Z.170406T0749Z.NO/ 116 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017 ...Flood Warning extended until this morning...The Flood Warning continues for The South River near Snapfinger. * Until this morning. * At 1 AM Thursday the stage was 13.1 feet...and rising. * Minor flooding will continue. * Flood stage is 13 feet. * The river will continue rising to near 13.4 feet this morning. The river will fall below flood stage later this morning. * At 13 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in the woodlands and natural flood plain of the river upstream and downstream from the gage on Flakes Mill Road. Portions of the Chapel Park just west of the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3365 8427 3371 8427 3367 8415 3362 8419 $$
814 WGUS82 KFFC 060854 FLSFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 454 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017 ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Georgia... Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill affecting Cobb County South River near Snapfinger affecting De Kalb County Clouds Creek near Watson Mill Park affecting Madison and Oglethorpe Counties GAC067-060924- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-170406T0854Z/ /MAHG1.1.ER.170406T0345Z.000000T0000Z.170406T0526Z.UU/ 454 AM CDT Thu Apr 6 2017 The Flood Warning is cancelled for The Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill. * This takes affect immediately. * At 4 AM Thursday the stage was 7.9 feet...and falling. * Flood stage is 13 feet. * The creek will continue to fall. && LAT...LON 3396 8467 3396 8474 3405 8474 3405 8468 3399 8465 $$ GAC089-060924- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170406T1349Z/ /SFMG1.1.ER.170406T0230Z.170406T0445Z.170406T0515Z.NO/ 454 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017 The Flood Warning is cancelled for The South River near Snapfinger. * This takes affect immediately. * At 4 AM Thursday the stage was 12.3 feet...and falling. * Flood stage is 13 feet. * The river will continue to fall. * At 13 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will occur in the woodlands and natural flood plain of the river upstream and downstream from the gage on Flakes Mill Road. Portions of the Chapel Park just west of the gage will begin to flood. && LAT...LON 3365 8427 3371 8427 3367 8415 3362 8419 $$ GAC195-221-060924- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-170406T0854Z/ /WMPG1.1.ER.170406T0400Z.170406T0400Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 454 AM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017 The Flood Warning is cancelled for The Clouds Creek near Watson Mill Park. * This takes affect immediately. * At 4 AM Thursday the stage was 37.6 feet...and falling. * Flood stage is 38 feet. * The creek will continue to fall. && LAT...LON 3396 8312 3399 8315 3403 8308 3402 8306 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 10:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 12:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 12:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Houston, Twiggs, Warren and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 4:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 41 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 38 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 24 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.