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WGUS82 KFFC 041241
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
841 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING HOUSTON, BIBB, TWIGGS, MONROE
AND JONES COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
GAC021-153-169-207-289-050045-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0197.240404T1646Z-240406T1851Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.240404T1646Z.240405T1200Z.240406T1251Z.NO/
841 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE
AROUND ONE FOOT DEEP ON PORTIONS OF THE TRAIL AND BOTH BANKS
OVERFLOW UPSTREAM FROM THE BRIDGE. LARGE PORTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL
LANDS WELL DOWNSTREAM WILL BE UNDER ONE TO THREE FEET OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 19.6 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.6 FEET ON 04/29/1997.
LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353
3263 8359 3274 8363
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