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WGUS42 KFFC 271101
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
601 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
YELLOW RIVER AT PLEASANT HILL ROAD NEAR LITHONIA AFFECTING DEKALB
AND ROCKDALE 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.
GAC089-247-271700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0011.260227T1101Z-260227T1700Z/
/YLOG1.1.ER.260227T1001Z.260227T1800Z.260228T0630Z.UU/
601 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...YELLOW RIVER AT PLEASANT HILL ROAD NEAR LITHONIA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AND EXPANDS
FURTHER INTO THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS NEAR THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON PLEASANT HILL ROAD. IN DEKALB COUNTY...
SOME FLOODING OF BACKYARDS OF HOMES BEGIN ON HARMONY HILLS DRIVE
AND COURT. JOHNSON CREEK FLOWING UNDER UNION GROVE ROAD INTO THE
RIVER BEGINS TO BACK UP.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 5:45 AM EST FRIDAY WAS 13.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.1 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.1
FEET ON 09/18/2004.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3377 8409 3377 8402 3372 8399 3367 8403
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