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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2021Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 12:33 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sweetwater Creek (E ATL) at Club Drive near Lilburn (STWG1). The gauge peaked at 11.10 ft at May 3, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT.

actionminormoderate5101505/0305/0405/05
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.

The text

As transmitted.

309 
WGUS42 KFFC 032129
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
529 PM EDT Mon May 3 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.

&&


GAC135-040930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0093.210503T2129Z-000000T0000Z/
/STWG1.1.ER.210503T2048Z.210503T2115Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
529 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn.
* From this afternoon until further notice.
* At 5:15 PM EDT Monday the stage was 11 feet and slowly rising.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring.
* Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
* 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 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408
      3389 8412

$$
1 follow-up statement
942 
WGUS82 KFFC 040433
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1233 AM EDT Tue May 4 2021

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

  Sweetwater Creek near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County.

GAC135-040545-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210504T0433Z/
/STWG1.1.ER.210503T2048Z.210503T2345Z.210504T0150Z.UU/
1233 AM EDT Tue May 4 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 11:15 PM EDT Monday the stage was 10.6 feet and falling.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Forecast...The creek will continue to fall below flood stage.


&&

LAT...LON 3398 8414 3398 8407 3391 8406 3389 8408
      3389 8412

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
May 3, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel34 min
May 3, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll32 min
May 3, 9:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
May 3, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton31 min
May 3, 10:21 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton24 min
May 3, 10:44 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCDeKalb, Fulton31 min
May 3, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup50 min
May 3, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett32 min
May 3, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton32 min
May 3, 11:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale37 min
May 3, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton37 min
May 3, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk32 min
May 3, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike42 min
May 3, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson23 min
May 3, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more8 hr
May 3, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow27 min
May 3, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe24 min
May 3, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe33 min
May 3, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 min
May 3, 12:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson, Madison27 min
May 3, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Spalding36 min
May 3, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding42 min
May 3, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke24 min
May 3, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe28 min
May 3, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison11 min
May 3, 1:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper34 min
May 3, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe33 min
May 3, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam34 min
May 3, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Talbot45 min
May 3, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin43 min
May 3, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee35 min
May 3, 3:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb7 hr
May 3, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton67 hr
May 3, 3:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk11 hr
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb7 hr
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington39 min
May 3, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson31 min
May 3, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion29 min
May 3, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe34 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington34 min
May 3, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes13 min
May 3, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson24 min
May 3, 4:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale66 hr
May 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton29 min
May 3, 4:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb6 hr
May 3, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington23 min
May 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson46 min
May 3, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington29 min
May 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
May 3, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson24 min
May 3, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 63 more32 hr
May 3, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk29 min
May 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington44 min
May 3, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes24 min
May 3, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk27 min
May 3, 6:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
May 3, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen25 min
May 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
May 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
May 3, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
May 3, 7:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk4 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.