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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING TWIGGS, BIBB, HOUSTON, JONES
AND MONROE COUNTIES.
FOR THE OCMULGEE RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING JACKSON, JULIETTE, GRIFFIN,
JULIETTE, DAMES FERRY, MACON, MACON, HAWKINSVILLE, HAWKINSVILLE,
CLINCHFIELD, BYRON, ABBEVILLE, MCRAE, SCOTLAND, LUMBER CITY...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
GAC021-153-169-207-289-040400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0197.240405T0723Z-240406T2100Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.240405T0723Z.240405T1800Z.240406T1434Z.NO/
1158 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. THE MACON
GREENWAY OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD IN AREAS JUST
NORTH OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD BRIDGE. THE PUBLIC
SHOULD NOT USE THIS PORTION OF THE TRAIL. IN ADDITION...THE LOWEST
SECTIONS OF THE CHARLES JONES GATEWAY PARK WILL FLOOD. PORTIONS OF
AGRICULTURAL LANDS WELL DOWNSTREAM WILL BE UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 19.4 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.5 FEET ON 02/16/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353
3263 8359 3274 8363
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