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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
429 AM EDT SUN AUG 24 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB, HOUSTON, JONES AND
TWIGGS COUNTIES.
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.
GAC021-153-169-289-242030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0124.250824T1520Z-250825T2000Z/
/MACG1.1.ER.250824T1520Z.250825T0000Z.250825T1330Z.NO/
429 AM EDT SUN AUG 24 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 18 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING
BEGINS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE AT
U.S. HIGHWAY 80 OR MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. PORTIONS OF THE
OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS WELL DOWNSTREAM
WILL BE UNDER A FOOT OF WATER. ACCESS ROADS AND TRAILS IN AMERSON
PARK UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 18.5 FEET THIS EVENING. 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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