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 800 AM EST.
The Flood Warning continues 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 14 feet, Moderate flooding begins. Significant
flooding occurs of residential yards upstream of the gage between
Upper Riverdale Road and Georgia Highway 138. Some roads begin to
flood such as Upper Riverdale Road and Mockingbird Road. Flooding
expands on portions of the Rivers Edge Golf Course. Several holes
and fairways will flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:45 PM EST Thursday the stage was 9.8 feet and falling.
- 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