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River Flood Warning 226, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 4, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2020, 5:58 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2020, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2020, 6:58 PM EDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Echeconnee Creek at Houston Road near Byron (BYNG1).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02214075, 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 Mar 4, 2:47 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:47 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 12:00 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 4:58 PM EST, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:03 PM EST, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:08 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 5:25 PM EST, 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
525 PM EST Wed Mar 4 2020

GAZ102>108-042300-
Stewart GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-Wilcox GA-Webster GA-
Pulaski GA-
525 PM EST Wed Mar 4 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART...CRISP...DOOLY...
SUMTER...WILCOX...WEBSTER AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EST...

At 523 PM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Cordele to near Sanford...and moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
           and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Americus, Cordele, Vienna, Lumpkin, Preston, Richland, Rochelle,
Plains, Byromville, Pineview, Pinehurst, Leslie, Pitts,
Andersonville, Lilly, De Soto, Dooling, Desoto, Weston and Cobb.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3188 8393 3191 8392 3189 8437 3197 8444
      3192 8446 3192 8491 3198 8496 3199 8507
      3222 8497 3222 8461 3213 8453 3213 8443
      3217 8443 3216 8418 3223 8418 3217 8403
      3218 8403 3223 8398 3222 8334 3185 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 250DEG 56KT 3196 8374 3196 8502

WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 5:46 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 9:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	21 days
Mar 4, 7:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley	24 min
Mar 4, 8:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	30 min
Mar 4, 8:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	5 days
Mar 4, 8:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	24 min
Mar 4, 9:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	30 min
Mar 4, 9:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	24 min
Mar 4, 9:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	35 min
Mar 4, 9:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	112 min
Mar 4, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	3 days
Mar 4, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	4 days
Mar 4, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	4 days
Mar 4, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly	51 hr
Mar 4, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	8 days
Mar 4, 10:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	17 min
Mar 4, 12:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	6 hr
Mar 4, 3:27 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	7 days
Mar 4, 4:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	6 hr
Mar 4, 4:33 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 4, 5:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Stewart, Sumter, Webster, Wilcox	35 min
Mar 4, 5:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	29 min
Mar 4, 6:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.