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WGUS82 KFFC 110512
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1212 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
GAC117-121-111715-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260112T1245Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.260111T1200Z.260112T0000Z.260112T0645Z.NO/
1212 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING OF
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS BEGIN ALONG THE CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN
FORSYTH COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY.
FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT PORTIONS OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY NEAR
ALPHARETTA AND SOME PORTIONS MAY BECOME CLOSED WITH AROUND ONE FOOT
OF WATER...ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON
KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD AND NEAR ROCK MILL PARK. PORTIONS OF THE YMCA
CAMPGROUND OFF PRESTON RIDGE ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
MORNING TO A CREST OF 7.4 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.4
FEET ON 01/27/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3410 8425 3410 8420 3404 8425 3402 8430
3404 8433 3407 8427
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