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River Flood Warning 202, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 30, 2021Hamilton County, Tennessee; Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2021, 1:23 AM EST for Hamilton County, Tennessee; Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2021, 1:23 AM EST (06:23 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2021, 10:25 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dade County, GA, Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Lookout Creek near New England (ENGG1). The gauge peaked at 13.28 ft at Dec 30, 2021, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03568933, 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.

414 
WGUS42 KFFC 300623
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
123 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

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

  Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton 
  Counties.

For the Lookout Creek...including New England...Minor flooding is 
forecast.

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.

&&


GAC083-TNC065-301645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0202.211230T0623Z-211230T1632Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.211230T0608Z.211230T0800Z.211230T1031Z.NO/
123 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Lookout Creek near New England.

* WHEN...From early this morning to late this morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Minor flooding expands along Sells Lane in 
  Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek Road near New 
  England. All these roads will be closed. Also minor flooding 
  expands much further downstream as the creek crosses the Tennessee 
  border into the Tiftonia area.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:00 AM EST Thursday the stage was 11.9 feet and rising.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of around
    13.2 feet early this morning. It will then fall below flood
    stage early this morning.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553


$$

3 follow-up statements

673 
WGUS82 KFFC 300719
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
219 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Tennessee...

  Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton 
  Counties.

For the Lookout Creek...including New England...Minor flooding is 
forecast.

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.

&&


GAC083-TNC065-301645-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0202.000000T0000Z-211230T1631Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.211230T0608Z.211230T0800Z.211230T1031Z.NO/
219 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and forecast to continue.

* WHERE...Lookout Creek near New England.

* WHEN...Until late this morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Minor flooding expands along Sells Lane in 
  Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn, and Creek Road near New 
  England. All these roads will be closed. Also minor flooding 
  expands much further downstream as the creek crosses the Tennessee 
  border into the Tiftonia area.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:00 AM EST Thursday the stage was 12.8 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 2:00 AM EST Thursday was 12.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2
    feet early this morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    early this morning.
  - Flood stage is 12 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553


$$

DL

714 
WGUS82 KFFC 301249
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
749 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in 
Georgia...Tennessee...

  Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton 
  Counties.

For the Lookout Creek...including New England, Flintstone...Minor 
flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

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

Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.

&&


GAC083-TNC065-302015-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0202.000000T0000Z-211230T2010Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.211230T0608Z.211230T0915Z.211230T1410Z.NO/
749 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and is forecast to continue for 
  the next few hours.

* WHERE...Lookout Creek near New England.

* WHEN...Until late this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Minor flooding expands along Sells Lane in 
  Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek Road near New 
  England. All these roads will be closed. Also minor flooding 
  expands much further downstream as the creek crosses the Tennessee 
  border into the Tiftonia area.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:00 AM EST Thursday the stage was 12.8 feet and falling.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 7:00 AM EST Thursday was 13.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    late this morning and continue falling to 8.6 feet late this
    afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 12 feet.


&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553


$$

393 
WGUS82 KFFC 301525
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1025 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

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

  Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton 
  Counties.

GAC083-TNC065-301630-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0202.000000T0000Z-211230T1525Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.211230T0608Z.211230T0915Z.211230T1438Z.NO/
1025 AM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Lookout Creek near New England.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:00 AM EST Thursday the stage was 11.9 feet and falling.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 5.3 feet Tuesday
    morning.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
      3473 8556 3487 8553


$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 8:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Dec 29, 8:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	34 min
Dec 29, 9:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	23 min
Dec 29, 9:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	32 min
Dec 29, 9:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	52 min
Dec 29, 9:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Murray	48 min
Dec 29, 10:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	40 min
Dec 29, 10:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	30 min
Dec 29, 10:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Dec 29, 10:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	38 min
Dec 29, 10:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Union	34 min
Dec 29, 10:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	24 min
Dec 29, 11:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more	52 min
Dec 29, 11:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	48 min
Dec 29, 11:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	25 min
Dec 29, 11:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton, Gwinnett	33 min
Dec 29, 11:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	27 min
Dec 30, 12:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	27 min
Dec 30, 12:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison	31 min
Dec 30, 1:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Fulton, Oconee, Walton	60 min
Dec 30, 1:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	23 min
Dec 30, 1:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	33 min
Dec 30, 1:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	4 hr
Dec 30, 2:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Rockdale	58 min
Dec 30, 4:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard	40 min
Dec 30, 5:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard	52 min
Dec 30, 5:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	30 min
Dec 30, 7:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson	38 min
Dec 30, 8:25 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 8:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	52 hr
Dec 30, 8:35 AM EST	Flood Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more	10 hr
Dec 30, 8:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	23 min
Dec 30, 9:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	23 min
Dec 30, 9:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry	32 min
Dec 30, 9:33 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	11 hr
Dec 30, 9:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	6 hr
Dec 30, 9:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	54 hr
Dec 30, 9:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	103 min
Dec 30, 9:55 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 30, 9:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton	33 min
Dec 30, 10:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	3 hr
Dec 30, 10:28 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	61 min
Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale and 2 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	26 hr
Dec 30, 11:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	66 min
Dec 30, 12:05 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	19 hr
Dec 30, 12:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	34 min
Dec 30, 12:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	28 min
Dec 30, 12:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	4 hr
Dec 30, 12:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam	29 min
Dec 30, 12:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam	27 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Dec 30, 1:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	32 min
Dec 30, 1:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	28 min
Dec 30, 2:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
Dec 30, 2:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	25 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Lamar, Pike	33 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	33 min
Dec 30, 2:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike	27 min
Dec 30, 2:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	33 min
Dec 30, 2:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach	44 min
Dec 30, 2:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	39 min
Dec 30, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam	30 min
Dec 30, 2:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson	26 min
Dec 30, 2:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	31 min
Dec 30, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	30 min
Dec 30, 3:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	26 min
Dec 30, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	45 min
Dec 30, 3:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Dec 30, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson	50 min
Dec 30, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	31 min
Dec 30, 3:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	35 min
Dec 30, 3:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach	34 min
Dec 30, 3:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	46 min
Dec 30, 4:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon, Peach	40 min
Dec 30, 4:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	50 min
Dec 30, 4:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	45 min
Dec 30, 4:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	27 min
Dec 30, 4:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	37 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.