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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 9, 2024Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2024, 10:40 AM EST for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2024, 10:40 AM EST (15:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2024, 4:14 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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 Haynes Creek at Lenora Road near Snellville (BIGG1). The gauge peaked at 11.62 ft at Jan 9, 2024, 1:00 PM EST.

actionminormoderate51001/0901/10
Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02207385, 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.

995 
WGUS42 KFFC 091540
FLWFFC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1040 AM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a 
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road near Snellville 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.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1045 PM EST.

&&

GAC135-100345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0013.240109T1540Z-000000T0000Z/
/BIGG1.1.ER.240109T1426Z.240109T1515Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1040 AM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.

* WHERE...Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road near Snellville.

* WHEN...From this morning until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Minor flooding continues in the woodlands 
  and pastures near the creek upstream and downstream from the gage 
  on Lenora Road. Some outbuildings near the creek upstream and on 
  the left bank from the bridge will be flooded with around one foot 
  of water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:15 AM EST Tuesday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 10:15 AM EST Tuesday was 10.9 feet.
  - Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    10.7 feet on 09/17/2020.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8402 3387 8395 3376 8394 3373 8397
      3376 8401


$$
1 follow-up statement
931 
WGUS82 KFFC 092114
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
414 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

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

  Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road near Snellville affecting 
  Gwinnett County.

GAC135-092215-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240109T2114Z/
/BIGG1.1.ER.240109T1426Z.240109T1815Z.240109T2049Z.UU/
414 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road near Snellville.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:00 PM EST Tuesday the stage was 9.7 feet.
  - Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8402 3387 8395 3376 8394 3373 8397
      3376 8401


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 5:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether56 min
Jan 9, 7:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton46 hr
Jan 9, 7:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding56 min
Jan 9, 7:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup39 min
Jan 9, 7:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth22 hr
Jan 9, 7:41 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett12 hr
Jan 9, 7:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga27 hr
Jan 9, 7:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup23 min
Jan 9, 8:01 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 9 more6 hr
Jan 9, 8:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton23 min
Jan 9, 8:12 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton10 min
Jan 9, 8:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton12 min
Jan 9, 8:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette35 min
Jan 9, 8:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee, Talbot33 min
Jan 9, 8:37 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale36 hr
Jan 9, 8:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Upson6 hr
Jan 9, 8:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett5 hr
Jan 9, 8:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale53 hr
Jan 9, 8:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding6 hr
Jan 9, 8:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Pike, Upson38 min
Jan 9, 8:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart36 min
Jan 9, 9:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor, Webster42 min
Jan 9, 9:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter36 min
Jan 9, 9:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb5 hr
Jan 9, 9:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Monroe36 min
Jan 9, 9:27 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot6 hr
Jan 9, 9:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Jan 9, 9:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Schley and 3 more52 min
Jan 9, 9:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Morgan, Oconee32 min
Jan 9, 9:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam37 min
Jan 9, 9:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones31 min
Jan 9, 10:03 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCButts, Crawford, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether and 7 more6 hr
Jan 9, 10:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs37 min
Jan 9, 10:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe36 min
Jan 9, 10:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison34 min
Jan 9, 10:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton11 hr
Jan 9, 10:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox29 min
Jan 9, 10:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Houston, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson43 min
Jan 9, 10:25 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb3 hr
Jan 9, 10:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Taliaferro31 min
Jan 9, 10:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Laurens, Peach and 4 more45 min
Jan 9, 10:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett4 hr
Jan 9, 10:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin36 min
Jan 9, 10:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Jan 9, 10:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes31 min
Jan 9, 10:48 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Forsyth, Greene and 11 more3 hr
Jan 9, 10:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox49 min
Jan 9, 10:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade10 hr
Jan 9, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs and 2 more45 min
Jan 9, 11:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock28 min
Jan 9, 11:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren27 min
Jan 9, 11:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs41 min
Jan 9, 11:25 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb7 hr
Jan 9, 11:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCRockdale3 hr
Jan 9, 11:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth17 hr
Jan 9, 11:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox38 min
Jan 9, 11:39 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dooly, Hancock and 10 more3 hr
Jan 9, 11:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBanks9 hr
Jan 9, 11:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett23 hr
Jan 9, 11:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson47 min
Jan 9, 11:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee18 hr
Jan 9, 11:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes42 min
Jan 9, 11:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens37 min
Jan 9, 12:07 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCLamar, Spalding4 hr
Jan 9, 12:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler38 min
Jan 9, 12:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more50 min
Jan 9, 12:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington47 min
Jan 9, 12:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton6 hr
Jan 9, 12:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more52 min
Jan 9, 12:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel22 min
Jan 9, 1:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson45 hr
Jan 9, 1:13 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb14 hr
Jan 9, 1:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton34 hr
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette, Spalding59 hr
Jan 9, 1:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton21 days
Jan 9, 1:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCSpalding119 min
Jan 9, 2:26 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton29 hr
Jan 9, 2:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs5 days
Jan 9, 2:30 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson54 hr
Jan 9, 2:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCElbert, Madison, Oglethorpe45 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.