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WGUS82 KFFC 210145
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER AT ABBEVILLE AFFECTING WILCOX, TELFAIR AND DODGE
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.
GAC091-271-315-211345-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0074.000000T0000Z-250224T1800Z/
/ABBG1.1.ER.250220T0400Z.250221T1800Z.250224T1200Z.NO/
845 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...OCMULGEE RIVER AT ABBEVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER CONTINUE TO EXPAND INTO THE FLOOD PLAIN. FLOODING OF THE
NEARBY PARK AND PARKING LOT AT THE ABBEVILLE BOAT RAMP ALSO
EXPANDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET AND RISING.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:45 PM EST THURSDAY WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.8
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.8 FEET ON 02/26/1982.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3206 8337 3210 8332 3188 8315 3181 8299
3175 8299 3184 8320
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