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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 23, 2017Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Oct 23, 2017, 12:33 PM EDT for Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2017, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2017, 12:33 PM EDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Crooked Creek near Norcross (CRKG1). The gauge peaked at 10.43 ft at Oct 23, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335350, 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.

113 
WGUS42 KFFC 231633
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1233 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

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

  Crooked Creek near Norcross affecting Fulton and Gwinnett Counties


.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.

&&

GAC121-135-240633-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0084.171023T1633Z-000000T0000Z/
/CRKG1.1.ER.171023T1632Z.171023T1632Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1233 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for 
  The Crooked Creek near Norcross.
* From this afternoon until further notice.
* At 12 PM Monday the stage was 10.1 feet...and rising.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding of the 
  natural flood plain begins mainly on the left bank upstream and 
  downstream from the gauge at Spalding Drive.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8421 3392 8425 3395 8429 3399 8425


$$
1 follow-up statement
040 
WGUS82 KFFC 231739
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
139 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in 
Georgia...
 
  Crooked Creek near Norcross affecting Fulton and Gwinnett Counties

 
GAC121-135-231809-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-171023T1739Z/
/CRKG1.1.ER.171023T1632Z.171023T1632Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
139 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Crooked Creek near Norcross.
* This takes effect immediately.
* At 130 PM Monday the stage was 10.1 feet...and falling.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* The creek will continue to fall.
* At 11 feet...Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding of the 
  natural flood plain begins mainly on the left bank upstream and 
  downstream from the gauge at Spalding Drive.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8421 3392 8425 3395 8429 3399 8425


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley51 min
Oct 23, 3:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter50 min
Oct 23, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford26 min
Oct 23, 4:10 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White9 hr
Oct 23, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster31 min
Oct 23, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Oct 23, 4:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Taylor32 min
Oct 23, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Meriwether26 min
Oct 23, 10:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more32 min
Oct 23, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Talbot30 min
Oct 23, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor, Upson35 min
Oct 23, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Spalding33 min
Oct 23, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe, Taylor34 min
Oct 23, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin and 3 more32 min
Oct 23, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion29 min
Oct 23, 11:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Macon, Monroe35 min
Oct 23, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Butts, Hall, Newton, Walton33 min
Oct 23, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White31 min
Oct 23, 12:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Jasper and 6 more26 min
Oct 23, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan and 3 more30 min
Oct 23, 1:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
Oct 23, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 2 more45 min
Oct 23, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs23 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.