FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1009 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL
* UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 8 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.2 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
MAINLY FORESTED BOTTOMLAND IS FLOODED. ATHLETIC FIELDS IN WOODROW
WILSON RECREATION PARK UPSTREAM FLOODS DUE TO WATER BACKING UP IN
DITCHES. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO FLOOD YARDS OF FOUR ELEVATED HOMES
ALONG MOUNT VERNON ROAD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.2 FEET ON JUL 1 1999.
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