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WGUS82 KFFC 050802
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB, MONROE, JONES, TWIGGS
AND HOUSTON 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.
GAC021-153-169-207-289-052015-
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/MACG1.1.ER.240404T1555Z.240405T0330Z.240405T1513Z.NO/
402 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS 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 3:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:30 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 19.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.0 FEET TUESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.9 FEET ON 10/12/1935.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353
3263 8359 3274 8363
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