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EXPIRED3/8/2024 5:09:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
3/8/2024 5:09:00 AM until 3/8/2024 5:15:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
this afternoon at 515 PM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Douglas and Cobb Counties.
For the Sweetwater Creek...including Austell...Minor flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sweetwater Creek near Austell.
* WHEN...From late Saturday night to Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Minor flooding continues in the woodlands
and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the
Interstate 20 bridge. Portions of a paintball playing field just
downstream of the bridge and athletic fields in the Woodrow Wilson
Park on Mount Vernon Road are flooded with one to two feet of
water. A portion of Wren Circle in Douglas County...the County
Iron Works and Sunlight Drive in Cobb County begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:45 AM EST Friday the stage was 6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Sunday morning to a crest of 12.3 feet early Sunday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday
morning.
- Flood stage is 10 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood