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EXPIRED3/6/2024 5:31:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
3/6/2024 5:31:00 AM until 3/6/2024 5:45:00 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 545 PM EST.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett
County.
For the Yellow River Basin...including Suwanee, Lawrenceville,
Plantation Rd Lawrenceville, Tanglewood Drive Snellville, Lilburn,
Snellville, Snellville, Lithonia, Stone Mountain, Silver Hill Rd
Stone Mtn, Lee Road below Snellville, Lithonia, Lithonia, Lithonia,
Milstead, Gees Mill Road, Snellville, Loganville, Milstead,
Milstead, Milstead, Rocky Plains...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive near Lilburn.
* WHEN...From early this morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 11 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding will
occur in portions of the Northwood Country Club Golf Course
upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas
downstream from the gage and for the next four miles until the
creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart
bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will begin to
flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 5:15 AM EST Wednesday the stage was 11 feet and rising.
- Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
- Flood stage is 11 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood