Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The next statement will be issued Friday morning at 1015 AM EST.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Big Creek near Alpharetta affecting Forsyth and Fulton Counties.
For the Big Creek...including Alpharetta...Minor flooding is
forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast
to continue.
* WHERE...Big Creek near Alpharetta.
* WHEN...Until early Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 10 feet, Minor flooding expands along the creek from
near Cumming to Alpharetta and Roswell. Backyards of homes off
Seale Drive and Gunter Court and portions of the Golf of Georgia
are under a foot of water. The Big Creek Greenway experiences
significant flooding up to 4 feet deep with closure of the paths.
This especially occurs upstream and downstream from the gage on
Kimball Bridge Road and Rock Mill Park. A large portion of the
YMCA Campground off Preston Ridge Road will be under a two feet of
water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 PM EST Thursday the stage was 9.1 feet and rising.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 9.7 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall Saturday evening. It will rise to 9 feet
early Monday morning. It will then fall below flood stage
late Monday evening.
- Flood stage is 7 feet.
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