River Flood Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 18, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)

Expired

Mar 18, 2021, 6:05 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

County Gwinnett County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point Sweetwater Creek (E ATL) at Club Drive near Lilburn (STWG1). The gauge peaked at 11.08 ft at Mar 18, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

11 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02205865, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

918 
WGUS42 KFFC 181838
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
238 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

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

  Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County.

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.


GAC135-190215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0022.210318T1838Z-210319T0202Z/
/STWG1.1.ER.210318T1807Z.210318T1900Z.210318T2001Z.UU/
238 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn.
* From this afternoon to this evening.
* At 2:15 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 11 feet and rising slowly.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late 
  this afternoon and continue falling to 9.2 feet this evening.
* Impact...At 11 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will 
  occur in portions of the Northwood Country Club Golf Course 
  upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas 
  downstream from the gage and for the next four miles until the 
  creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart 
  bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will begin to 
  flood.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8414 3397 8407 3390 8406 3389 8408
      3389 8412

$$

820 
WGUS82 KFFC 182205
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
605 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

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

  Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County.

GAC135-182315-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210318T2205Z/
/STWG1.1.ER.210318T1807Z.210318T1900Z.210318T2001Z.UU/
605 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

...The Flood Warning for the Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn has been 
cancelled...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn.
* At 5:15 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 10.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to 9.0 feet later this 
  evening.


&&

LAT...LON 3397 8414 3397 8407 3390 8406 3389 8408
      3389 8412

$$

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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.