River Flood Warning 135, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 17, 2021, 9:26 AM EDT (13:26 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 17, 2021, 11:03 AM EDT

Expired

Aug 17, 2021, 1:28 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point North Fork Peachtree Creek at Buford Highway at Atlanta (NPBG1). The gauge peaked at 11.77 ft at Aug 17, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02336120, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

167 
WGUS42 KFFC 171326
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
926 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

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

  North Fork Peachtree Creek near Atlanta affecting DeKalb and 
  Fulton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.

&&


GAC089-121-180045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0135.210817T1503Z-210818T0035Z/
/NPBG1.1.ER.210817T1503Z.210817T1700Z.210817T1834Z.NO/
926 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the North Fork Peachtree Creek near Atlanta.
* Until this evening.
* At 9:15 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was 11.2 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 13 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late 
  this morning to a crest of 13.4 feet this afternoon. It will then 
  fall below flood stage this afternoon.
* Impact...At 13 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding of the 
  natural flood plain begins upstream and downstream from the gage 
  on Buford Highway or Georgia Highway 13. This includes low 
  portions of the backyards of residential homes on Victory Drive...
  Dunwoody Place and Converse Drive. This height combined with the 
  flow on South Fork Peachtree Creek may also produce flooding 
  further downstream on Peachtree Creek in Fulton County.


&&

LAT...LON 3387 8432 3383 8429 3379 8435 3385 8438

$$

143 
WGUS82 KFFC 171728
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
128 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in 
Georgia...

  North Fork Peachtree Creek near Atlanta affecting DeKalb and 
  Fulton Counties.

GAC089-121-171830-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0135.000000T0000Z-210817T1728Z/
/NPBG1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
128 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...The Flood Warning for the North Fork Peachtree Creek near Atlanta 
has been cancelled...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the North Fork Peachtree Creek near Atlanta.
* At 1:16 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 11.4 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 13 feet.
* Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 8.8 feet this evening.


&&

LAT...LON 3387 8432 3383 8429 3379 8435 3385 8438

$$

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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.