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WGUS82 KFFC 042200
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING MONROE, BIBB, JONES, HOUSTON
AND TWIGGS 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.
GAC021-153-169-207-289-051000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0197.000000T0000Z-240406T1851Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.240404T1555Z.240405T1200Z.240406T1251Z.NO/
600 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 5:30 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:30 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 18.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.6
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353
3263 8359 3274 8363
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