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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1006 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2019
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TELFAIR AND
WHEELER COUNTIES
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.
THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
GAC209-271-309-130505-
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1006 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR LUMBER CITY.
* FROM SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 10 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET...AND
RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING.THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 15 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED AND MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
WATER OVERFLOWS INTO THE BROAD SWAMPY FLOOD PLAIN. FARM FIELDS ON
THE RIGHT BANK FLOOD. GENERAL AGRICULTURE AND TIMBER INTERESTS ARE
AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...WATER REACHES THE TOP OF
THE BOAT RAMP NEAR THE HIGHWAY 341 BRIDGE.
LAT...LON 3175 8299 3181 8299 3189 8278 3196 8261
3191 8258 3176 8285
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