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WFO ATLANTA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, February 23, 2019

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FLOOD WARNING

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Statement

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

435 PM EST Wed Feb 20 2019

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

Big Creek near Alpharetta affecting Forsyth and Fulton Counties

The Flood Warning continues for

The Big Creek near Alpharetta.

* Until Saturday evening.

* At 3 PM Wednesday the stage was 8.4 feet...and rising.

* Minor flooding is occurring is forecast to continue.

* Flood stage is 7 feet.

* The river will continue rising to near 8.9 feet by after early

Thursday morning. The river will fall below flood stage Saturday early

afternoon.

* At 9 feet...Minor flooding expands along the creek from near

Cumming to Alpharetta and Roswell. Backyards of homes off Seale

Drive and Gunter Court and portions of the Golf of Georgia begin to

flood. The Big Creek Greenway experiences significant flooding up

to 3 feet deep...which results in closure of most of the paths.

This especially occurs upstream and downstream from the gage on

Kimball Bridge Road and Rock Mill Park. A large portion of the YMCA

Campground off Preston Ridge Road will be under a foot of water.

The Flood Warning continues for

The Big Creek near Alpharetta.

* Until Saturday evening.

* At 3 PM Wednesday the stage was 8.4 feet...and rising.

* Minor flooding is occurring is forecast to continue.

* Flood stage is 7 feet.

* The river will continue rising to near 8.9 feet by after early

Thursday morning. The river will fall below flood stage Saturday early

afternoon.

* At 9 feet...Minor flooding expands along the creek from near

Cumming to Alpharetta and Roswell. Backyards of homes off Seale

Drive and Gunter Court and portions of the Golf of Georgia begin to

flood. The Big Creek Greenway experiences significant flooding up

to 3 feet deep...which results in closure of most of the paths.

This especially occurs upstream and downstream from the gage on

Kimball Bridge Road and Rock Mill Park. A large portion of the YMCA

Campground off Preston Ridge Road will be under a foot of water.

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