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EXPIRED3/8/2024 10:19:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
3/8/2024 10:19:00 AM until 3/8/2024 10:30:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 1030 PM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Spalding, Clayton and Fayette
Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Flint River near Lovejoy.
* WHEN...Until late Sunday morning.
* 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 9:45 AM EST Friday the stage was 6.1 feet and falling.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow evening to a crest of 12.2 feet early Sunday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday
morning.
- Flood stage is 12 feet.