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River Flood Warning 309, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Sep 27, 2024, 6:14 PM EDT for Cobb County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2024, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2024, 9:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Sweetwater Creek near Northwest Austell (NATG1). The gauge peaked at 21.29 ft at Sep 28, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 23 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02336910, 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 Sep 27, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 259 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 ...Afternoon Area Forecast Discussion... .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Saturday night) Issued at 230 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 Weather conditions have rapidly improved through the day today. Flood waters from Helene will gradually recede. River flooding will continue across much of the area into the weekend. Clouds will continue to wrap around the remnant circulation of Helene as she gets absorbed by an upper low over the lower OH Valley. Mostly light showers will continue to pivot around this large circulation through the weekend across N GA with mostly dry weather elsewhere. Low temperatures tonight and Saturday night will range from the upper 50s across the NE mountains to the mid 60s across the S. High temperatures on Saturday will range from the mid 60s in the NE mountains to the mid 80s across the SE zones. /SEC && .LONG TERM... (Sunday morning through next Thursday) Issued at 230 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 An upper level trough will linger over the central Appalachians through early next week. This will allow a slight chance of showers to linger over the N GA mountains through Monday. Drier air wrapping around the trough from the W should help keep the rest of GA dry Sunday and Monday. Ensemble guidance shifts the trough east into the Atlantic during the second half of the workweek. As this occurs, an upper level ridge should build in over the SE. Forecast confidence is high that this will result in continued dry weather through the end of the workweek. The overall strength of the upper level ridge looks modest and this should keep afternoon high temperatures near seasonal averages all week. Albright/SEC && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 142 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 What remains of Helene continues to move away. Low cigs will gradually lift and thin this afternoon and evening. SW winds will continue to be gusty into the early evening, with sustained speeds gradually coming down by mid evening and gusts becoming less frequent. Model guidance indicates some generally light showers may pivot into the Atlanta metro area and AHN during the day Saturday as the Helene remnant stalls near the TN/KY border. Some SW gusts near 20 knots will mix back to the surface by mid to late morning Saturday. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Medium for Saturday showers and cig timing, high for other elements. SEC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 62 80 64 81 / 0 10 10 10 Atlanta 63 77 64 80 / 10 10 10 10 Blairsville 58 69 59 72 / 40 40 40 50 Cartersville 63 76 62 80 / 20 20 10 20 Columbus 64 82 65 84 / 0 10 0 10 Gainesville 62 75 64 78 / 10 20 20 20 Macon 63 82 65 84 / 0 10 0 10 Rome 64 74 61 79 / 30 30 10 30 Peachtree City 62 78 62 81 / 0 10 10 10 Vidalia 65 85 67 87 / 0 0 0 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 AM EDT Saturday for GAZ001>009. Wind Advisory until 9 PM EDT this evening for GAZ011>016-019>025- 027-030>039-041>062-066>071-078>081-089>095-102>106. Wind Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for GAZ072>076-082>086- 096>098-107>113. && SHORT TERM...SEC LONG TERM....SEC AVIATION...SEC
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 250 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281900- 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- 250 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... River flooding will continue across much of the area. Otherwise, standing water will gradually recede. Gusty south to southwest winds may down additional limbs into the evening across most of the area, with gusty winds lingering through most of the night across the extreme north. Please use caution if traveling and avoid crossing any flooded roadways. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... River flooding will continue across portions of the area through the weekend .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Please relay any information about flooding and wind damage to the NWS.
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 9:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 71 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 40 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Crawford and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 9:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 5 days |
| Sep 26, 9:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 24 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 32 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 29 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 16 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 60 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 12 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 15 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 18 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 12 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 20 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 14 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 20 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 19 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 19 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 13 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 17 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 11:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 26 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 11:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 11:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 30 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 12:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 33 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 25 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 36 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 40 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 67 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 18 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:49 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 9 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 28 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 16 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 23 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 16 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 29 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Henry | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:22 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:22 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 13 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:06 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair | 30 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 9 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 21 days |
| Sep 27, 9:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas | 34 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 39 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 18 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 32 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 17 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.