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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2025Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2025, 11:19 AM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2025, 11:19 AM EDT (15:19 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2025, 4:53 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 Coahulla Creek at Keiths Mill Road near Dalton (CHCG1). The gauge peaked at 16.56 ft at May 5, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02385170, 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 May 4, 6:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 8:35 PM EDT, 14 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
835 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025

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835 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

A line of strong thunderstorms will continue to move across the
area through the evening hours. Damaging winds, brief tornados,
and small hail could all be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Scattered thunderstorms will return to the region between
Wednesday and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight, but
Spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather
through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette37 min
May 3, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
May 3, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris26 min
May 3, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette23 min
May 3, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry19 min
May 3, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee29 min
May 3, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether37 min
May 3, 8:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette, Spalding9 min
May 3, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris31 min
May 3, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton25 min
May 3, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale39 min
May 3, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Upson35 min
May 3, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale20 min
May 3, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor40 min
May 3, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale16 min
May 3, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee36 min
May 3, 9:15 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton30 min
May 3, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton27 min
May 3, 9:21 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Upson39 min
May 3, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe29 min
May 3, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper29 min
May 3, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton18 min
May 3, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam32 min
May 3, 9:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson42 min
May 3, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart30 min
May 3, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes53 min
May 3, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe25 min
May 3, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones30 min
May 4, 2:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield8 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.