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WGUS82 KFFC 050111
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
911 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.
GAC021-153-169-207-289-051315-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0197.000000T0000Z-240405T2113Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.240404T1555Z.240405T0600Z.240405T1513Z.NO/
911 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 19 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 8:30 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 19.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.3
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW 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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