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 Saturday morning at 900 AM EST.

The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia... Ocmulgee River near Macon affecting Bibb, Jones, Houston, Twiggs and Monroe Counties. For the Ocmulgee River Basin...including Jackson, Juliette, Griffin, Juliette, Macon, Dames Ferry, Macon, Clinchfield, Hawkinsville, Hawkinsville, Byron, Abbeville, McRae, Scotland, Lumber City...Minor flooding is forecast. ...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Ocmulgee River near Macon. * WHEN...Until Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Minor flooding expands. An increasing amount of the Macon GreenWay Ocmulgee Heritage Trail floods north of the Martin Luther King Boulevard bridge. The flood waters will be up to two feet deep on portions of the trail and both banks overflow upstream from the bridge. Large portions of agricultural lands east of Macon and well downstream will be under 1 to 4 feet of water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:30 PM EST Friday the stage was 21.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 PM EST Friday was 21.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 21.1 feet on 03/01/1939. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood &&