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River Flood Warning 123, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2019, 10:11 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 19, 2019, 7:20 AM EDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2019, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2019, 7:20 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2019, 8:06 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Big Creek near Alpharetta (APHG1). The gauge peaked at 10.44 ft at Apr 20, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 18, 9:27 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 9:27 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 927 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019 .UPDATE... Bowing line has continued to press steadily eastward this evening through Alabama. Intensity has been relatively well maintained despite considerably lower instability across eastern AL into GA. While intensity may gradually lessen over the next several hours, line will pose a gusty wind threat. For this reason, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued across the western portion of the CWA through 07z. RW && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 742 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019/ PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 343 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019/ SHORT TERM /Tonight through Friday Night/... Forecast focus through the short term continues to be severe storm potential overnight tonight and into Friday. Strong frontal system ahead of an amplifying upper low will push across the area overnight night. Short-term hi-res models have shifted the timing slightly, but are in general agreement that showers with embedded storms will arrive to the northwest GA border around midnight tonight. A line of thunderstorms will progress east and south through the overnight period, with the metro Atlanta area threat being 4AM to 8AM or so, and then central GA after 8AM. Model instability is similar to the previous runs, with CAPE of 500-1000 J/kg, and impressive shear (bulk deep layer and low-level helicity). Main threats continue to be damaging winds and brief spin-up tornadoes, with large hail and heavy rain tied as a close second. Have continued mention of severe storms in the grids/zones. SPC has updated their outlooks to include a larger portion of western GA in the Slight Risk for tonight through 8AM Friday, and a large portion of the state (east/central) in Slight or Enhanced Risk for after 8AM. QPF looks to be mainly 1-1.5 inches with locally higher, especially in the northeast Georgia mountains, so some isolated flash flooding is possible. This is particularly true in areas where storms train over the same area. Likely to high end chance pops continue over far north Georgia for late Friday afternoon through Friday evening as wrap around moisture and upper level dynamics support continued showers/drizzle. Expect dropping temperatures by early afternoon, making for a chilly spring day tomorrow. 31 LONG TERM /Saturday through Thursday/... Cool temperatures and a few lingering showers to start out this extended forecast period on the back side of the exiting system on Saturday. Temperatures start out a good bit below seasonal normals Saturday, but rebound to near normal by Sunday and then above normal for the balance of the period. Also looking dry through the majority of the period with the mid/late week system trending a bit slower with the latest model runs. 20 AVIATION... 00Z Update... Current VFR conditions will deteriorate quickly overnight as shra and tsra increase from the west. Some uncertainty remains with the arrival time of heaviest tsra which may begin to approach as early as 03-04z but more likely around and after 06z. Expect tsra to push eastward by 11-13z at ATL sites. MVFR cigs more likely after 04z persisting into the day Friday. Gusty SE winds this evening into the first part of tonight will shift SW after 09-11z. Speeds of 12-15kts with gusts 22-26kts expected with higher gusts possible in tsra. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Medium confidence on tsra timing overnight into Friday morning. High on other elements. RW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 64 68 46 59 / 80 90 30 30 Atlanta 62 66 45 58 / 100 90 30 30 Blairsville 58 63 40 52 / 100 80 60 50 Cartersville 60 65 43 57 / 100 80 50 30 Columbus 62 67 46 64 / 100 90 20 10 Gainesville 62 65 45 55 / 90 90 30 30 Macon 65 69 46 63 / 80 90 20 20 Rome 59 63 43 57 / 100 70 50 40 Peachtree City 62 66 44 60 / 100 90 30 20 Vidalia 67 75 50 65 / 20 100 20 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 3 AM EDT Friday for the following zones: Bartow...Butts...Carroll...Chattahoochee... Chattooga...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Coweta...Crawford... Dade...DeKalb...Douglas...Fayette...Floyd...Gordon...Haralson... Harris...Heard...Henry...Lamar...Macon...Marion...Meriwether... Monroe...Muscogee...North Fulton...Paulding...Pike...Polk... Schley...South Fulton...Spalding...Stewart...Sumter...Talbot... Taylor...Troup...Upson...Walker...Webster. && SHORT TERM...RW AVIATION...RW
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 4:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 421 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-192030- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 421 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... A strong storm system will bring a round of thunderstorms to portions of north and west central Georgia late tonight into early Friday. Some of these storms could be strong to severe with damaging wind, brief spin up tornadoes, large hail and heavy rainfall. Storms should enter the northwest close to midnight and make it across much of north and west central Georgia by 7 AM Friday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... The strong storm system and associated thunderstorms will continue pushing eastward through Friday morning into the afternoon across portions of north and central Georgia. Strong to severe storms remain possible with damaging wind, brief spin up tornadoes, large hail and heavy rainfall. The storms should be pushing across northeast and central Georgia mainly from 6 AM until 11 AM Friday and across east central Georgia from 11 AM until 2 PM. Otherwise no hazardous weather is expected until Wednesday and Thursday when a slight chance for thunderstorms returns to the area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 10:02 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 3:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 4:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 5:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 10 min |
| Apr 19, 6:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Rockdale and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 7:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 7:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 8:06 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 19 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 9:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 9:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 16 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Talbot, Upson | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Franklin | 8 min |
| Apr 19, 9:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 13 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 17 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 63 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 31 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 46 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Spalding and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Banks | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 10:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 11:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Spalding | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 19, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 33 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.