My Forecast | Weather Directory | Biosphere Blog | HWmobile Local Weather:  
Chattahoochee Rivernear Roswell, GA (Gauge RWLG1)
Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge RWLG1
Normal Stage: 2.52 ft
Flow: 0.405 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
8': Action
13': Flood
14': Moderate Flood
17': Major Flood
Gauge RWLG1 History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
CURRENT 02/16/2012 09:00 am 2.52 0.405
  02/16/2012 08:45 am 2.53 0.411
  02/16/2012 08:30 am 2.54 0.417
  02/16/2012 08:15 am 2.55 0.424
  02/16/2012 08:00 am 2.56 0.430
  02/16/2012 07:45 am 2.58 0.443
  02/16/2012 07:30 am 2.59 0.449
  02/16/2012 07:15 am 2.61 0.463
  02/16/2012 07:00 am 2.62 0.469
  02/16/2012 06:45 am 2.63 0.476
  02/16/2012 06:30 am 2.65 0.490
  02/16/2012 06:15 am 2.67 0.504
  02/16/2012 06:00 am 2.69 0.519
  02/16/2012 05:45 am 2.71 0.533
  02/16/2012 05:30 am 2.73 0.549
  02/16/2012 05:15 am 2.75 0.564
  02/16/2012 05:00 am 2.77 0.580
  02/16/2012 04:45 am 2.79 0.596
  02/16/2012 04:30 am 2.81 0.612
  02/16/2012 04:15 am 2.83 0.629
  02/16/2012 04:00 am 2.85 0.646
  02/16/2012 03:45 am 2.88 0.672
  02/16/2012 03:30 am 2.91 0.699
  02/16/2012 03:15 am 2.93 0.717
  02/16/2012 03:00 am 2.96 0.745
  02/16/2012 02:45 am 2.98 0.764
  02/16/2012 02:30 am 3.01 0.792
  02/16/2012 02:15 am 3.04 0.818
  02/16/2012 02:00 am 3.07 0.844
  02/16/2012 01:45 am 3.10 0.870
  02/16/2012 01:30 am 3.13 0.897
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
20.0Extensive flooding of many homes and businesses will result on Riverside Road. Sections of Riverside Road will be under water.
17.0Major flooding begins. The Fulton County Water Pollution Control Facility will flood between 17 and 17.5 feet. Eves Road begins to flood. Numerous homes are flooded along Riverside Road and Old Riverside Road.
14.0Moderate flooding expands of yards...walkways...access roads and some homes along portions of Riverside Road...Old Riverside Road and Azalea Drive. The tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club...the swimming pool and lower portions of the club house are flooded. Water is around three feet deep in the horse stables. The water level floods the gage house and automated stage readings are unlikely.
13.0Moderate flooding begins. Extensive flooding of yards...walkways...access roads and some homes develop along parts of Riverside Road...Old Riverside Road and Azalea Drive by the river. Water floods the tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club...the swimming pool and lower portions of the club house. Water is four feet deep over the road leading to the horse stables which are flooded with up to two feet of water. The water level is around one half foot below the gage house which may affect the stage readings.
12.0Minor flooding expands with water three feet deep in the Ace Sand Company office and a warehouse. Water covers the parking lots of Don White Memorial Park and the Azalea Park. Water floods the tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club and approaches the swimming pool. The water is three feet deep over the road leading to the horse stables which begin to flood. Riverside Road at Northcliff Trace is flooded with one foot of water. These conditions occurred in September 2009.
11.0Minor flooding continues with water two feet deep in the Ace Sand Company office and a warehouse. Flooding expands into the parking lots of Don White Memorial Park on Riverside Road...and the Azalea Park on Azalea Drive west of Roswell Road. Water floods the tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club and is two feet deep over the road leading to the horse stables and approaches the north end of the stables. The storm drains stop functioning at Riverside Road and Northcliff Trace and the road begins to flood.
10.0Minor flooding continues. The water is one foot deep in the Ace Sand Company office and begins to flood a warehouse. Flooding expands into the parkings lots of Don White Memorial Park on Riverside Road...and the Azalea Park on Azalea Drive west of Roswell Road. Water begins to flood the tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club across from Azalea Park and is one foot deep over the road leading to the horse stables. The storm drains will stop functioning at Riverside Road and Northcliff Trace.
9.0Flood stage is reached. The water reaches the bottom of the Ace Sand Company office and begins to flood the parking lot of Don White Memorial Park on Riverside Road...and the parking lot at the Azalea Park on Azalea Drive west of Roswell Road. Water will approach the tennis courts at the Huntcliff Club across from Azalea Park and begin to flood the road leading to the horse stables. The storm drains will no longer function properly at Riverside Road and Northcliff Trace.
8.0The river begins to come out of its banks in low lying areas...especially near the Ace Sand Company. The river level reaches the boardwalk and fishing pier at the Don White Memorial Park under Georgia Highway 400...two miles downstream from the gage. It also reaches the top of the boat ramp at the Azalea Park on Azalea Drive west of Georgia Highway 9.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 20.70 ft on 01/08/1946
2) 19.20 ft on 03/13/1952
3) 17.90 ft on 01/07/1949
4) 17.80 ft on 01/22/1947
5) 17.70 ft on 01/18/1954
1) 2.40 ft on 08/11/1957
2) 2.50 ft on 08/12/1999
3) 2.57 ft on 09/27/2007

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

Created with HAMweather 4 Alpha 3
© 2012 HAMweather, LLC, all rights reserved.
0.5MB : 4.425 seconds