FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
404 PM EST WED MAR 10 2010
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
BIG CEDAR CREEK NEAR CEDARTOWN AFFECTING POLK COUNTY
BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES
SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY
OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES
404 PM EST WED MAR 10 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD.
* FROM LATE THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 3 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 13 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS INTO THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS
AND PASTURES...MAINLY ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
359 PM EST WED MAR 10 2010
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR
359 PM EST WED MAR 10 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE ACROSS
GEORGIA. SEVERAL UPPER AIR IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
STATE...PROVIDING THE DYNAMICS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.
* WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN AN AREA
FROM ROME TO GAINESVILE TO BARNESVILLE TO COLUMBUS. 3 TO 4 INCHES
HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER POLK COUNTY SOUTH TO BUCHANAN IN HARALSON
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.