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 late tonight at 400 AM EST.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Spalding, Clayton and Fayette
Counties.
For the Flint River Basin...including Lovejoy, Americus, Peachtree
City, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Woolsey, Sharpsburg, Peachtree
City, Peachtree City, Senoia, Griffin, Orchard Hill, Griffin,
Molena, Thomaston, Carsonville, Montezuma, Byromville...Minor
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Flint River near Lovejoy.
* WHEN...Until late Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 12 feet, Flood Stage is reached and minor flooding
begins. Flooding of Rivers Edge Golf Course begins. Several holes
and fairways will flood. Flooding of some yards begins upstream of
gage between Upper Riverdale Road and Highway 138.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:46 PM EST Thursday the stage was 11 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
Saturday afternoon to a crest of 13.4 feet early Sunday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 12 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood