Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Ocmulgee River near Macon affecting Houston, Bibb, Twiggs and
Jones Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Ocmulgee River near Macon.
* WHEN...From late tonight to Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 20 feet, Minor flooding expands. An increasing amount
of the Macon GreenWay Ocmulgee Heritage Trail floods north of the
Martin Luther King Boulevard bridge and Spring Street Landing. The
flood waters will be around one foot deep on portions of the
trails and both banks overflow upstream from the bridge. Large
portions of agricultural lands well downstream will be under 1 to
3 feet of water. Flooding continues to spread to access roads,
trails, foot bridges, and parking lots in Amerson Park upstream of
the gage site.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:30 PM EDT Monday the stage was 14.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
just after midnight tonight to a crest of 20.2 feet Wednesday
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 18 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood