Flood Warning
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS AT PACES FERRY AFFECTING COBB AND
FULTON COUNTIES
SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY
.HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF
INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG
THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.
THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
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919 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS.
* UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 8PM MONDAY THE RIVER STAGE WAS 17 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING...REACHING NEAR 19 FEET BY TUESDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT 18 FEET MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS WITH CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF
HOMES NEAR THE RIVER.
AT 20 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. MANY HOMES...INCLUDING HOMES ALONG
PACES FERRY DRIVE...NEARBY SHOPS...RESTAURANTS...AND THE LOVETT SCHOOL
WILL BE FLOODED.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
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CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
530 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERRUNNING THE
FRONT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ANOTHER
APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
* SEVERAL CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA...HAVE
ALREADY RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE TO BE
HIGH ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES IN SEVERAL CREEKS...
STREAMS...AND RIVERS. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE
LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
