FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL AFFECTING COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES
FLINT RIVER NEAR CARSONVILLE HWY. 19 AFFECTING CRAWFORD...
TALBOT...TAYLOR AND UPSON COUNTIES
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES
339 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 200 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET...AND FALLING SLOWLY.
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS
EVENING.
* AT 10 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
MAINLY FORESTED BOTTOMLAND IS FLOODED. ATHLETIC FIELDS IN WOODROW
WILSON RECREATION PARK UPSTREAM FLOODS DUE TO WATER BACKING UP IN
DITCHES. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO FLOOD YARDS OF FOUR ELEVATED HOMES
ALONG MOUNT VERNON ROAD.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
956 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
956 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF
NORTH GEORGIA...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING THE
THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. SOILS
ARE ALREADY AT OR NEAR SATURATION FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY HELP TO PUSH SOME RIVERS...
CREEKS...AND STREAMS BACK OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
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.