Headline:
Flood Warning issued September 27 at 6:18PM EDT until September 30 at 3:05AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 3:18pm
Expires:
September 28, 2024 - 3:30am
Description:
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Major severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Georgia...
Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Douglas and Cobb Counties.
For the Sweetwater Creek...including Powder Springs, Powder Springs,
Austell, Powder Springs, Austell, Austell, Sweetwater Creek below
Austell...Major flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sweetwater Creek near Austell.
* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 18 feet, Major flooding expands upstream and
downstream from the gage by the Interstate 20 bridge. The
paintball playing field just downstream of the bridge and athletic
fields in the Woodrow Wilson Park are flooded with 7 to 8 feet of
water. Numerous homes on Mount Vernon Road...Wren Circle and Robin
Road and portions of Brook Forest and Beech Gum Mobile Home Parks
in Douglas County...and Sunlight Drive...Old Marietta Road and
Brooks Drive in Cobb County will be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:00 PM EDT Friday the stage was 10.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 19
feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
stage late Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 10 feet.
- 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:
Cobb, GA; Douglas, GA
Forcast Office:
NWS Peachtree City GA