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River Flood Warning 128, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2024Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2024, 6:13 PM EST for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2024, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2024, 10:03 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Big Creek at GA 9 near Cumming (CMGG1). The gauge peaked at 6.18 ft at Mar 1, 2024, 8:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
6 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02335580, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 1:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton7 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.