FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 638 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* AT 5 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO
CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING...REACHING NEAR 8.5 FEET BY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING.
* AT 8 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES INTO THE ALPHARETTA GREENWAY...
CLOSING SOME WALKING AND BIKING PATHS. DOWNSTREAM...CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVER ROAD INTO THE PARK NEAR ROSWELL AT STATE HIGHWAY 9 AND RIVERSIDE
ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
AT 9 FEET...THE ALPHARETTA GREENWAY EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
RESULTING IN THE CLOSURE OF MOST OF THE WALKING AND BIKING PATHS.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON MAR 29 2005.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 509 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE NORTH FORK PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 5 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* THE CREEK SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MID AFTERNOON.
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