Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2021
River Flood Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 26, 2021, 4:33 AM EDT for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2021, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 7:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Catoosa County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point South Chickamauga Creek at Ringgold (SCKG1). The gauge peaked at 16.68 ft at Mar 26, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03566700, 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.
178
WGUS42 KFFC 260833
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
433 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa 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.
GAC047-262045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0053.210326T0833Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.210326T0706Z.210326T0730Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
433 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* From early this morning until further notice.
* At 4:30 AM EDT Friday the stage was 15.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins in the woodlands and
fields along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on
the U.S. Highway 41 or Nashville Street bridge. The flood water
will expand to inundate the entire area under the bridge. Minor
flooding of the natural floodplain will also occur upstream of the
gage between Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 41 or Nashville Street.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3486 8515 3494 8515
$$2 follow-up statements
162
WGUS82 KFFC 261857
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
257 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Tennessee...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County.
Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton
Counties.
West Chickamauga Creek near Fort Oglethorpe affecting Hamilton
and Catoosa Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
GAC047-270700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0053.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.210326T0706Z.210326T1530Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
257 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* Until further notice.
* At 2:30 PM EDT Friday the stage was 16.3 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3486 8515 3494 8515
$$
GAC083-TNC065-270700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210327T1620Z/
/ENGG1.1.ER.210325T1828Z.210326T0330Z.210327T1200Z.NO/
257 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the Lookout Creek near New England.
* Until Saturday afternoon.
* At 2:00 PM EDT Friday the stage was 13.2 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.4 feet
this evening. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday morning.
* Impact...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 Tiftona area.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8539 3502 8533 3484 8545 3471 8549
3472 8556 3486 8553
$$
GAC047-TNC065-270700-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0029.210327T0000Z-210327T1800Z/
/WCKG1.1.ER.210327T0600Z.210327T0600Z.210327T1200Z.NO/
257 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the West Chickamauga Creek near Fort Oglethorpe.
* From this evening to Saturday afternoon.
* At 2:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 10.6 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just
after midnight tonight to a crest of 11.0 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday morning.
* Impact...At 11 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding begins
of woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and downstream
from the gage on the Georgia Highway 146 or Cloud Springs Road
bridge. Minor flooding of the creek can also be expected further
downstream as it crosses the Tennessee border into the south East
Ridge area.
&&
LAT...LON 3492 8526 3500 8523 3499 8516 3486 8524
$$653
WGUS82 KFFC 262303
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
703 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Georgia...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County.
GAC047-270015-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210326T2303Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.210326T0706Z.210326T1530Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
703 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...The Flood Warning for the South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold
has been cancelled...
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
the South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* At 6:30 PM EDT Friday the stage was 14.5 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3486 8515 3494 8515
$$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, 9:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 8 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, 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.