Flood Warning 09/27/2024 07:12 for Georgia areas

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Georgia... Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive near Lilburn affecting Gwinnett County. 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. Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive near Lilburn. * WHEN...Until this evening. * IMPACTS...At 13 feet, Minor flooding will continue to expand further into the Northwood Country Club Golf Course upstream from the gage on Club Drive...and in the woodland areas downstream from the gage...and for the next four miles until the creek merges with the Yellow River. An old concrete golf cart bridge around 300 feet downstream from the gage will be around two feet under water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:45 AM EDT Friday the stage was 12.3 feet and falling. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage this afternoon and continue falling to 8.4 feet this afternoon. - Flood stage is 11 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood