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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE, OCONEE AND GREENE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE OCONEE RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING PENFIELD, MILLEDGEVILLE,
OCONEE, OCONEE, MCINTYRE, IRWINTON, OCONEE, DUBLIN, MOUNT VERNON...
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.
GAC059-133-219-101345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0098.230410T1100Z-230411T1800Z/
/PNFG1.1.ER.230410T1100Z.230411T0000Z.230411T1200Z.NO/
945 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING
OCCURS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON
THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 15 BRIDGE. THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW
INTO AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PASTURES WITH A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.7 FEET ON 02/13/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3364 8325 3364 8333 3383 8333 3384 8327
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