Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
957 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Ocmulgee River at Abbeville affecting Wilcox, Telfair and Dodge
  Counties.

For the Ocmulgee River Basin...including Jackson, Griffin, Juliette,
Juliette, Dames Ferry, Macon, Macon, Hawkinsville, Hawkinsville,
Byron, Clinchfield, Abbeville, McRae, Scotland, Lumber City...
Moderate flooding is forecast.

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.

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957 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Ocmulgee River at Abbeville.

* WHEN...Until late Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Flooding of farm lands...timberlands...and
  access roads will occur.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 15.2 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 9:45 PM EDT Friday was 15.2 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.2
    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
    flood stage Tuesday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.2 feet on 04/03/1993.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3206 8337 3210 8332 3188 8315 3181 8299
      3175 8299 3184 8320


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