Headline:
Flood Warning issued September 26 at 7:15PM EDT until September 28 at 6:06AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 26, 2024 - 4:15pm
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 4:15am
Description:
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...
Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road near Lithonia affecting DeKalb
and Rockdale Counties.
For the Yellow River Basin...including Suwanee, Lawrenceville,
Plantation Rd Lawrenceville, Tanglewood Drive Snellville, Lilburn,
Snellville, Snellville, Silver Hill Rd Stone Mtn, Lithonia, Stone
Mountain, Lithonia, Lee Road below Snellville, Lithonia, Lithonia,
Milstead, Gees Mill Road, Snellville, Loganville, Milstead,
Milstead, Milstead, Rocky Plains...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road near Lithonia.
* WHEN...From Friday morning to Saturday morning.
* 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 7:01 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 11.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning to a crest of 14.3 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
14.4 feet on 09/17/2020.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
Area Description:
DeKalb, GA; Rockdale, GA
Forcast Office:
NWS Peachtree City GA