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WGUS82 KFFC 251500
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1100 AM EDT MON MAY 25 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
GAC117-121-260300-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260527T1200Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.260525T0512Z.260526T0600Z.260527T0600Z.NO/
1100 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...BETWEEN 7 AND 8 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 10:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET AND RISING.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:45 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 7.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.5 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.5
FEET ON 03/26/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3410 8425 3410 8420 3404 8425 3402 8430
3404 8433 3407 8427
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