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EXPIRED3/10/2024 6:36:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
3/10/2024 6:36:00 AM until 3/10/2024 3:00:00 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 300 PM EDT.
The Flood Warning is extended 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...Moderate
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Flint River near Lovejoy.
* WHEN...Until late this afternoon.
* 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 5:45 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 12.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late this morning and continue falling to 3.1 feet Thursday
evening.
- Flood stage is 12 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood