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EXPIRED3/8/2024 5:07:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
3/8/2024 5:07:00 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...
Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Fayette, Spalding and Clayton
Counties.
For the Flint River Basin...including Lovejoy...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 4:45 AM EST Friday the stage was 7.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Sunday morning to a crest of 12.5 feet Sunday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 12 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood