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EXPIRED1/27/2024 6:25:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
1/27/2024 6:25:00 AM until 1/29/2024 1:00:00 PM
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 this afternoon at 330 PM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Big Creek near Alpharetta affecting Fulton and Forsyth Counties.
For the Big Creek...including Cumming, Alpharetta, Roswell...Minor
flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Big Creek near Alpharetta.
* WHEN...Until early Monday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 7 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding of
woodlands and fields begin along the creek between Cumming in
Forsyth County...to Alpharetta and Roswell in North Fulton
County. Flooding starts to effect portions of The Big Creek
Greenway near Alpharetta and some portions may become closed with
around one foot of water...especially upstream and downstream from
the gage on Kimball Bridge Road and near Rock Mill Park. Portions
of the YMCA Campground off Preston Ridge Road will begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:15 AM EST Saturday the stage was 5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 7 feet
early Monday morning. It will then fall below flood stage
Monday morning.
- Flood stage is 7 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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