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EXPIRED5/19/2024 10:35:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
5/19/2024 10:35:00 AM until 5/20/2024 10:45:00 AM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at
www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=JAN
The next statement will be issued this evening at 945 PM CDT.
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville FL has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Satilla River At Waycross affecting Pierce and Ware Counties.
Additional information is available at
https://water.weather.gov/wfo/JAX
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Satilla River at Waycross.
* WHEN...From Tuesday morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agriculture and timberlands
begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is
flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121
Bridge the boat ramp and dirt access roads are flooded.
At 17.0 feet, On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat
Ramp parking lot and access road is flooded and Simmons Trail is
flooded cutting off one residence. On the Pierce County side, the
Okefenokee Country Club Course Holes 14 through 16 begin to flood.
At 18.0 feet, On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country
Club Golf Course is generally closed. Riverwoods Drive low lying
properties begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 15.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
Tuesday morning and continue rising to 16.3 feet Wednesday
morning. Additional rises are possible thereafter.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood