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River Flood Warning 197, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 20245 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2024, 11:58 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 4, 2024, 12:46 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2024, 11:58 AM EDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2024, 12:46 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2024, 8:44 AM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ocmulgee River at 5th Street Bridge at Macon (MACG1). The gauge peaked at 19.24 ft at Apr 4, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02213000, 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 Apr 3, 10:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 11:32 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard44 min
Apr 2, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade49 min
Apr 2, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale, Walton41 min
Apr 2, 11:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCRockdale20 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton26 min
Apr 3, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton18 min
Apr 3, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more39 min
Apr 3, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe49 min
Apr 3, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard50 min
Apr 3, 1:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton46 min
Apr 3, 1:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 2 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup47 min
Apr 3, 2:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson42 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton48 min
Apr 3, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding45 min
Apr 3, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton47 min
Apr 3, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe42 min
Apr 3, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion and 3 more40 min
Apr 3, 3:01 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes44 min
Apr 3, 3:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter, Webster28 min
Apr 3, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more50 min
Apr 3, 3:28 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes29 min
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones39 min
Apr 3, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes34 min
Apr 3, 3:42 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Laurens, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski and 1 more43 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Sumter, Webster28 min
Apr 3, 3:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson26 min
Apr 3, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes18 min
Apr 3, 4:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson40 min
Apr 3, 4:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington31 min
Apr 3, 4:44 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter24 min
Apr 3, 5:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson28 min
Apr 3, 5:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox39 min
Apr 3, 5:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Treutlen26 min
Apr 3, 5:52 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler23 min
Apr 3, 6:23 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler26 min
Apr 3, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Apr 3, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair24 min
Apr 3, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler27 min
Apr 3, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson23 min
Apr 3, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson38 min
Apr 3, 4:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding9 hr
Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding12 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.