Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 219, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2018, 9:00 AM EST for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2018, 9:00 AM EST (14:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2018, 4:05 AM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Catoosa County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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 South Chickamauga Creek at Ringgold (SCKG1). The gauge peaked at 18.58 ft at Dec 28, 2018, 7:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03566700, 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.
788
WGUS42 KFFC 281400
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
900 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa 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.
&&
GAC047-290359-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0219.181228T1400Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.181228T1331Z.181228T1331Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
900 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for
The South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* From this morning until further notice.
* At 8 AM Friday the stage was 14.7 feet...and rising.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3487 8515 3494 8515
$$3 follow-up statements
209
WGUS82 KFFC 290036
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
736 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County
GAC047-291435-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0219.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.181228T1331Z.181228T2315Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
736 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
The Flood Warning continues for
The South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* Until further notice.
* At 6 PM Friday the stage was 18.5 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurrin is forecast to continue.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3487 8515 3494 8515
$$472
WGUS82 KFFC 290336
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1036 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County
Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Cobb and Douglas Counties
GAC047-291736-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0219.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.181228T1331Z.181229T0015Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1036 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
The Flood Warning continues for
The South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* Until further notice.
* At 9 PM Friday the stage was 18.3 feet and falling.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3487 8515 3494 8515
$$
GAC067-097-291617-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0224.000000T0000Z-181229T1617Z/
/AUSG1.1.ER.181229T0237Z.181229T0600Z.181229T1017Z.NO/
1036 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018
The Flood Warning continues for
The Sweetwater Creek near Austell.
* Until Saturday morning.
* At 10 PM Friday the stage was 10.1 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 10.5 feet by after midnight
tomorrow. The river will fall below flood stage early tomorrow.
* At 10 feet...Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding occurs in the
woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the
Interstate 20 bridge. Portions of a paintball playing field just
downstream of the bridge begin to flood. Athletic fields in the
Woodrow Wilson Park on Mount Vernon Road begin to flood due to
water backing up in ditches. Water also begins to floods yards of
four elevated homes along Mount Vernon Road.
&&
LAT...LON 3379 8464 3385 8463 3380 8459 3374 8459
3370 8463 3376 8466
$$767
WGUS82 KFFC 290905
FLSFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
405 AM EST Sat Dec 29 2018
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County
GAC047-290935-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0219.000000T0000Z-181229T0905Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.181228T1331Z.181229T0015Z.181229T0812Z.NO/
405 AM EST Sat Dec 29 2018
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
The South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* This takes effect immediately.
* At 3 AM Saturday the stage was 14.8 feet...and
falling.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* The creek will continue to fall.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3487 8515 3494 8515
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 11:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 12:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 40 min |
| Dec 28, 2:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Dec 28, 7:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 8:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 9:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 46 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 20 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 22 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 50 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 40 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 35 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 47 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 37 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam | 43 min |
| Dec 28, 10:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Taylor | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 11:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 hr |
| Dec 28, 11:18 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 11:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 2 more | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 11:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 11:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 11:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more | 45 min |
| Dec 28, 11:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 22 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 2:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 34 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 28 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 3:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 3 days |
| Dec 28, 3:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 22 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 20 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 43 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 10 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 26 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.