River Flood Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 26, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2021, 11:29 PM EDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point Etowah River at GA 9 near Dawsonville (DWSG1). The gauge peaked at 14.27 ft at Mar 26, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

16 ft

Major stage

21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02389150, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

514 
WGUS42 KFFC 261445
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1045 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...

  Etowah River near Dawsonville affecting Dawson and Forsyth 
  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.


GAC085-117-270245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0061.210326T1445Z-210327T0329Z/
/DWSG1.1.ER.210326T1337Z.210326T1800Z.210326T2128Z.NO/
1045 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Etowah River near Dawsonville.
* From this morning to this evening.
* At 10:00 AM EDT Friday the stage was 13.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 14.1 feet 
  this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late this 
  afternoon.
* Impact...At 13.1 feet, Flood Stage is reached and minor flooding 
  begins in south Dawson county. Minor flooding continues on 
  Nicholson Road in northwest Forsyth county. The water will be 
  around one foot deep on the road.


&&

LAT...LON 3440 8408 3436 8404 3435 8411 3428 8425
      3434 8427 3440 8417

$$

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2021Every river flood warning in 2021

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.