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EXPIRED5/17/2024 8:57:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
5/17/2024 8:57:00 AM until 5/17/2024 11:30:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 1130 PM EDT.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Withlacoochee River above Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd) affecting
Brooks and Lowndes Counties.
Withlacoochee River near Quitman (US 84) affecting Brooks and
Lowndes Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Withlacoochee River near Quitman (US 84).
* WHEN...From this evening to early Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 106.0 feet, In Lowndes County, the boat ramp at the
Clyattville Nankin road is flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 102.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 105.1 feet early Sunday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 104.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
105.1 feet on 03/23/2014.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood