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River Flood Warning 316, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at Sep 28, 2024, 9:42 AM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2024, 9:42 AM EDT (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2024, 3:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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 Yellow River at Rocky Plains Road near Rocky Plains (RKYG1). The gauge peaked at 20.91 ft at Sep 29, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02208000, 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 28, 6:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 6:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 445 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-290845- 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- 445 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Areas of river flooding will continue across north and central Georgia. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... River flooding will continue through the upcoming week, with impacts becoming increasingly focused along main stem rivers in central Georgia like the Flint, Ocmulgee and Oconee. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Please relay any information about flooding and wind damage to the NWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 9:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 24 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 36 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Monroe | 17 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 29 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 10 days |
| Sep 28, 10:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 40 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 11 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 14 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 16 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 31 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 3 days |
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.