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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 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...
BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FULTON AND FORSYTH 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.
GAC117-121-010000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0013.260227T1148Z-260301T0000Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.260227T1112Z.260228T0000Z.260228T1930Z.NO/
648 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER
INTO THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE CREEK FROM NEAR CUMMING IN
SOUTH FORSYTH COUNTY TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY HAVE MINOR
FLOODING WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER. MOST OF THE WALKING AND BIKING
PATHS WILL BE CLOSED...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 FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 6:30 AM EST FRIDAY WAS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.7 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.7
FEET ON 02/14/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3410 8425 3410 8420 3404 8425 3402 8430
3404 8433 3407 8427
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