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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2021, 1:13 AM EDT for Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2021, 1:13 AM EDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 5:16 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Crooked Creek near Norcross (CRKG1). The gauge peaked at 12.16 ft at Sep 8, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335350, 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.
693 WGUS42 KFFC 080513 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 113 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... Crooked Creek near Norcross affecting Gwinnett and Fulton Counties. 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. && GAC121-135-081715- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0162.210908T0513Z-000000T0000Z/ /CRKG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 113 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Flood Warning for the Crooked Creek near Norcross. * From early this morning until further notice. * At 1:02 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 10.6 feet and rising. * Flood stage is 11 feet. * Minor flooding is expected to occur shortly. * Forecast...No forecast is available for this location. * Impact...At 11 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding of the natural flood plain begins mainly on the left bank upstream and downstream from the gauge at Spalding Drive. && LAT...LON 3397 8421 3392 8425 3395 8429 3399 8425 $$
1 follow-up statement
233 WGUS82 KFFC 080916 FLSFFC Flood Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 516 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Georgia... Crooked Creek near Norcross affecting Gwinnett and Fulton Counties. GAC121-135-081030- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210908T0916Z/ /CRKG1.N.ER.210908T0531Z.210908T0700Z.210908T0813Z.UU/ 516 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...The Flood Warning for the Crooked Creek near Norcross has been cancelled... The Flood Warning is cancelled for the Crooked Creek near Norcross. * At 4:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 9.8 feet. * Flood stage is 11.0 feet. * Forecast...No forecast is available for this location. && LAT...LON 3397 8421 3392 8425 3395 8429 3399 8425 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 11:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 12:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 38 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 8 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 10 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Jackson | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 7:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 117 min |
| Sep 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin | 46 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.