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River Flood Warning 139, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2024, 4:56 AM EST for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2024, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2024, 10:14 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County DeKalb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Snapfinger Creek at Redan Road near Glen Haven (SFCG1). The gauge peaked at 13.44 ft at Mar 6, 2024, 6:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02203950, 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 Mar 5, 6:39 PM EST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 6:39 PM EST, 10 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 11:48 AM EST, 17 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1148 AM EST Tue Mar 5 2024 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061700- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 1148 AM EST Tue Mar 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected in the region today. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms will conclude by Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches are expected. Widespread rainfall and scattered thunderstorms are expected Friday and Saturday. Heavy rainfall could lead to flooding Friday into Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:25 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 7 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 20 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 11 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 2:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 3 days |
| Mar 6, 2:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 55 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 5 days |
| Mar 6, 4:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 54 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.