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River Flood Warning 214, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 30, 2021Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2021, 5:47 PM EST for Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 30, 2021, 10:15 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2021, 5:47 PM EST (22:47 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2021, 10:15 PM EST
Expired
Dec 31, 2021, 6:47 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg (WHTG1). The gauge peaked at 16.64 ft at Dec 31, 2021, 5:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02338000, 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.

565 
WGUS42 KFFC 302247
FLWFFC

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

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

  Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg affecting Coweta, Carroll and 
  Heard Counties.

For the Chattahoochee River Basin...including Whitesburg...Minor 
flooding is forecast.

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.

&&


GAC045-077-149-311100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0214.211231T0315Z-220101T1345Z/
/WHTG1.1.ER.211231T0315Z.211231T1800Z.220101T0745Z.NO/
547 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY 
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg.

* WHEN...From this evening to Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Between 19 and 21 feet, Minor flooding continues in the 
  woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage at U.S. 
  Highway 27 or Georgia Highway 16. The parking lot of Riverside 
  Park next to the bridge will begin to flood. A sod farm upstream 
  also experiences flooding. Flooding occurs on some unimproved dirt 
  roads along the river. The playground at a day use area in the 
  Chattahoochee Bend State Park will be under two feet of water. 
  Flood waters will surround tent platforms on the North Camping 
  Site of the park.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:30 PM EST Thursday the stage was 14.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 20.6 feet early Friday
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 17 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3359 8484 3355 8478 3350 8479 3341 8498
      3344 8505 3350 8493


$$
1 follow-up statement
347 
WGUS82 KFFC 311147
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
647 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021

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

  Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg affecting Coweta, Carroll and 
  Heard Counties.

GAC045-077-149-311300-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0214.000000T0000Z-211231T1147Z/
/WHTG1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
647 AM EST Fri Dec 31 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:30 AM EST Friday the stage was 16.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.8
    feet this morning.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3359 8484 3355 8478 3350 8479 3341 8498
      3344 8505 3350 8493


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade32 min
Dec 29, 8:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade34 min
Dec 29, 9:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker23 min
Dec 29, 9:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield32 min
Dec 29, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker52 min
Dec 29, 9:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray48 min
Dec 29, 10:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield40 min
Dec 29, 10:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Dec 29, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk44 min
Dec 29, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens38 min
Dec 29, 10:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Union34 min
Dec 29, 10:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson24 min
Dec 29, 11:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more52 min
Dec 29, 11:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk48 min
Dec 29, 11:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, White25 min
Dec 29, 11:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton, Gwinnett33 min
Dec 29, 11:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas27 min
Dec 30, 12:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Dec 30, 12:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison31 min
Dec 30, 1:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Fulton, Oconee, Walton60 min
Dec 30, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard23 min
Dec 30, 1:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade9 hr
Dec 30, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Dec 30, 1:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb4 hr
Dec 30, 2:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Rockdale58 min
Dec 30, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard40 min
Dec 30, 5:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard52 min
Dec 30, 5:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Dec 30, 7:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson38 min
Dec 30, 8:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 1 more6 hr
Dec 30, 8:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton52 hr
Dec 30, 8:35 AM ESTFlood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more10 hr
Dec 30, 8:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette23 min
Dec 30, 9:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette23 min
Dec 30, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry32 min
Dec 30, 9:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale11 hr
Dec 30, 9:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Dec 30, 9:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas54 hr
Dec 30, 9:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb103 min
Dec 30, 9:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 1 more4 hr
Dec 30, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton33 min
Dec 30, 10:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
Dec 30, 10:28 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton61 min
Dec 30, 10:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale and 2 more6 hr
Dec 30, 11:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale26 hr
Dec 30, 11:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard66 min
Dec 30, 12:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth19 hr
Dec 30, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox34 min
Dec 30, 12:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam28 min
Dec 30, 12:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Dec 30, 12:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam29 min
Dec 30, 12:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam27 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Dec 30, 1:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup32 min
Dec 30, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler28 min
Dec 30, 2:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs28 min
Dec 30, 2:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Pike33 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach33 min
Dec 30, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike27 min
Dec 30, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Dec 30, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach44 min
Dec 30, 2:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair39 min
Dec 30, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam30 min
Dec 30, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson26 min
Dec 30, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs31 min
Dec 30, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup30 min
Dec 30, 3:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler26 min
Dec 30, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Dec 30, 3:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson26 min
Dec 30, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson50 min
Dec 30, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee31 min
Dec 30, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs35 min
Dec 30, 3:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach34 min
Dec 30, 3:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot46 min
Dec 30, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach40 min
Dec 30, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson50 min
Dec 30, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Dec 30, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson27 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.