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WGUS82 KFFC 092126
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCONEE RIVER NEAR OCONEE AFFECTING JOHNSON, WILKINSON AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
GAC167-303-319-100930-
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/OCNG1.1.ER.250808T1348Z.250810T0000Z.250811T0508Z.NO/
526 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCONEE RIVER NEAR OCONEE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, THE WATER LEVEL BEGINS TO FLOOD THE DIRT
PARKING LOT AREA NEAR THE OLD BALLS FERRY ROAD BOAT RAMP...JUST
UPSTREAM AND RIGHTBANK FROM THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 57 BRIDGE. MINOR
FLOODING CONTINUES AND SPREADS FURTHER INTO THE WOODLANDS NEAR THE
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:00 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:00 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 18.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.6 FEET ON 05/02/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3284 8303 3288 8298 3279 8292 3267 8289
3265 8298 3278 8300
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