River Flood Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 8, 2021, 1:08 AM EDT (05:08 UTC)

Expired

Sep 8, 2021, 5:13 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Cobb County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 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.

Written for the forecast point Sewell Mill Creek at GA 120 near Marietta (SMCG1). The gauge peaked at 11.14 ft at Sep 8, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

11 ft

Moderate stage

16 ft

Major stage

20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 023358685, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

519 
WGUS42 KFFC 080508
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
108 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

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

  Sewell Mill Creek near Marietta affecting Cobb County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.

&&


GAC067-081315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0161.210908T0508Z-210908T1307Z/
/SMCG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
108 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Sewell Mill Creek near Marietta.
* From early this morning to late this morning.
* At 12:46 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 10.8 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Minor flooding will begin shortly.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 11 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding of 
  residential yards and woodlands occurs upstream and downstream 
  from the gage on Roswell Road. The water will be up to three feet 
  deep in the lower portions of East Cobb Park on the right bank of 
  the creek. The water level will begin to hit the Robinson Road 
  bridge. The athletic field next to the creek off Robinson Road 
  will begin to flood.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8442 3395 8449 3400 8450 3402 8444

$$

518 
WGUS82 KFFC 080913
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
513 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

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

  Sewell Mill Creek near Marietta affecting Cobb County.

GAC067-081015-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210908T0913Z/
/SMCG1.N.ER.210908T0534Z.210908T0616Z.210908T0637Z.UU/
513 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...The Flood Warning for the Sewell Mill Creek near Marietta has 
been cancelled...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Sewell Mill Creek near Marietta.
* At 4:15 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 6.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8442 3395 8449 3400 8450 3402 8444

$$

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2021Every river flood warning in 2021

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.