FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 924 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT 9 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 17.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AND EXPANDS INTO THE
PASTURES AND WOODLANDS ALONG THE OCONEE RIVER. SOME HOMES ON DEAD
RIVER ROAD IN THE SOUTH END OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY BECOME SURROUNDED
BY WATER. WATER BEGINS TO COVER PORTIONS OF DEAD RIVER ROAD.
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