Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
Friday morning at 1000 AM EST.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Flint River at US 19 near Carsonville affecting Crawford, Upson,
Talbot and Taylor 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 at US 19 near Carsonville.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 25 feet, Moderate flooding begins. Access Road to
boat ramp and parking lot to boat ramp flood. In addition...
flooding of most of the land at the bend of the river upstream
develops.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM EST Thursday the stage was 12.9 feet and rising.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 13.2 feet tomorrow morning.
It will rise above flood stage late Saturday morning to 24.9
feet Sunday evening. It will then fall again but remain above
flood stage.
- Flood stage is 18 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood