Flood Warning 09/26/2024 18:51 for Georgia areas

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Georgia... Yellow River at Gees Mill Road affecting Newton 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...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Yellow River at Gees Mill Road. * WHEN...From Friday morning to late Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Major flooding begins. In Newton County... Riverside Estates Travel and Mobile Home Park floods. West Dollar and Sycamore Roads flood. Between 10 to 25 homes will flood... trailors will need to be moved to higher ground and evacuations will be required. In Rockdale County...flooding expands in the Lake Capri subdivision. Flooding occurs along the several roads including Lake Sorrento Court...Lake Capri Drive...Capistrano Way...Rivieria...and Westminister Lane. Several homes will experience flooding. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:30 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 8.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow morning to a crest of 19.3 feet Saturday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood