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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 13, 2024Clayton County, Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2024, 8:23 AM EST for Clayton County, Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2024, 8:23 AM EST (13:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2024, 8:23 AM EST
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River at Woolsey Road near Woolsey (WSEG1). The gauge peaked at 48.22 ft at Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 46 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 60 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02344396, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 13, 7:40 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 7:40 AM EST, 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 13, 5:05 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 7:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens	49 min
Feb 12, 7:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	31 min
Feb 12, 7:30 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Monroe	25 hr
Feb 12, 8:32 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	12 hr
Feb 12, 8:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	30 min
Feb 13, 2:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly	9 hr
Feb 13, 2:50 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach	33 hr
Feb 13, 5:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Pulaski	28 hr
Feb 13, 8:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	54 hr
Feb 13, 10:03 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	12 hr
Feb 13, 1:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton	39 hr

Nearby

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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.