Alert archive / Georgia / River Flood Warnings in 2021
River Flood Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cobb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Allatoona Creek at Stilesboro Road near Acworth (MAHG1). The gauge peaked at 13.18 ft at Mar 31, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02393419, 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.
952
WGUS42 KFFC 311731
FLWFFC
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
131 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill affecting Cobb 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.
GAC067-010545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0081.210331T1731Z-000000T0000Z/
/MAHG1.1.ER.210331T1726Z.210331T1728Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
131 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill.
* From this afternoon until further notice.
* At 1:28 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 12.0 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 13 feet.
* Minor flooding is expected.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 13 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding begins
in the woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and downstream
from the gage on Stilesboro Road.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8467 3396 8474 3404 8474 3404 8468
3399 8465
$$2 follow-up statements
693
WGUS82 KFFC 311827
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill affecting Cobb County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
GAC067-010630-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0081.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MAHG1.1.ER.210331T1726Z.210331T1815Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill.
* Until further notice.
* At 2:15 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 13.3 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 13 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* Impact...At 13 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding begins
in the woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and downstream
from the gage on Stilesboro Road.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8467 3396 8474 3404 8474 3404 8468
3399 8465
$$211
WGUS82 KFFC 311946
FLSFFC
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
346 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill affecting Cobb County.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Tennessee...
South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold affecting Catoosa County.
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.
GAC067-312100-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210331T1946Z/
/MAHG1.1.ER.210331T1726Z.210331T1815Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
346 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning for the Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill has been
cancelled...
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
the Allatoona Creek near Mars Hill.
* At 3:15 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 12.7 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 13 feet.
* Forecast...The creek will continue to fall.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8467 3396 8474 3404 8474 3404 8468
3399 8465
$$
GAC047-010800-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0082.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SCKG1.1.ER.210331T1716Z.210331T1830Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
346 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the South Chickamauga Creek near Ringgold.
* Until further notice.
* At 2:30 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 15.9 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8520 3499 8509 3490 8509 3486 8510
3486 8515 3494 8515
$$
GAC047-TNC065-010800-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0078.210401T0430Z-210402T1312Z/
/WCKG1.1.ER.210401T0430Z.210401T1800Z.210402T0712Z.NO/
346 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...The Flood Warning remains in effect...
The Flood Warning continues for
the West Chickamauga Creek near Fort Oglethorpe.
* From late tonight to Friday morning.
* At 3:30 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 10.0 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 11.5 feet early Thursday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday
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
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 9:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 49 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 71 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 44 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 21 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 44 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 64 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs | 30 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.