Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2021
River Flood Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2021, 9:11 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2021, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Talking Rock Creek near Hinton (TKRG1). The gauge peaked at 14.08 ft at Mar 26, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 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 02382200, 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.
628
WGUS42 KFFC 260111
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
911 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Talking Rock Creek near Hinton affecting Gilmer and Pickens
Counties.
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.
GAC123-227-260915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0034.210326T0111Z-210326T0910Z/
/TKRG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
911 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Talking Rock Creek near Hinton.
* From this evening to late tonight.
* At 8:45 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 9.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 10 feet.
* No flooding is currently forecast.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 10 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding occurs
in the woodlands upstream and downstream along the creek from the
gage just downstream from the merger with Scarecorn Creek and off
of Patterson Road. Rapid flowing water will cause erosion
conditions to the banks and should not be crossed.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8452 3449 8452 3449 8461 3454 8468
3459 8463 3456 8459
$$3 follow-up statements
296
WGUS42 KFFC 260122
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
922 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...Observed flooding changed to Minor severity for the following
rivers in Georgia...
Talking Rock Creek near Hinton affecting Gilmer and Pickens
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
GAC123-227-260915-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210326T0910Z/
/TKRG1.1.ER.210326T0053Z.210326T0101Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
922 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...Observed flooding increased to Minor severity...
The Flood Warning continues for
the Talking Rock Creek near Hinton.
* Until late tonight.
* At 9:01 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 10.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 10.0 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding
occurs in the woodlands upstream and downstream along the creek
from the gage just downstream from the merger with Scarecorn Creek
and off of Patterson Road. Rapid flowing water will cause erosion
conditions to the banks and should not be crossed.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8452 3449 8452 3449 8461 3454 8468
3459 8463 3456 8459
$$614
WGUS82 KFFC 260839
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
439 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Talking Rock Creek near Hinton affecting Gilmer and Pickens
Counties.
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.
GAC123-227-260945-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210326T0910Z/
/TKRG1.1.ER.210326T0053Z.210326T0802Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
439 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the Talking Rock Creek near Hinton.
* Until early this morning.
* At 4:31 AM EDT Friday the stage was 13.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 13.6 feet, Minor flooding continues in the woodlands
upstream and downstream along the creek from the gage just
downstream from the merger with Scarecorn Creek and off of
Patterson Road. Rapid flowing water will cause significant erosion
conditions to the banks and should not be crossed.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8452 3449 8452 3449 8461 3454 8468
3459 8463 3456 8459
$$186
WGUS82 KFFC 260856
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
456 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Talking Rock Creek near Hinton affecting Gilmer and Pickens
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
GAC123-227-261000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210326T0910Z/
/TKRG1.1.ER.210326T0053Z.210326T0802Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
456 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the Talking Rock Creek near Hinton.
* Until early this morning.
* At 4:46 AM EDT Friday the stage was 13.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring. This approaches the flood of record.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 13.5 feet, Minor flooding continues. Minor flooding
continues in the woodlands upstream and downstream along the creek
from the gage just downstream from the merger with Scarecorn Creek
and off of Patterson Road. Rapid flowing water will cause
significant erosion conditions to the banks and should not be
crossed.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8452 3449 8452 3449 8461 3454 8468
3459 8463 3456 8459
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 8:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 8:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 5 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 59 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 9:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 16 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 10 days |
| Mar 25, 10:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 10:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 21 days |
| Mar 25, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 10:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 9 days |
| Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 16 min |
| Mar 25, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 12:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 9 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, White | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 3:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | White | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 9 min |
| Mar 26, 4:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 5:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 8 min |
| Mar 26, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 37 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 11:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 44 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 hr |
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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.