Flood Warning

A Flood Warn­ing has been issued by the National Weather Ser­vice for North Georgia.

At 5 a.m. Thurs­day March 11, 2010 a flood warn­ing has been announced for the fol­low­ing rivers and/or creeks:

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA…

CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG AFFECTING CARROLL…COWETA AND
HEARD COUNTIES

TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR TALLAPOOSA AFFECTING HARALSON COUNTY

BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES

OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE…GREENE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 4AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET…AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.5 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET…MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING OF YARDS BEGIN
ALONG THE CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH
ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THE WATER REACHES
THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM
IN ROSWELL…WHERE THE CREEK MERGES WITH THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER…
MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO THE PARKS WEST AND EAST OF
GEORGIA HIGHWAY 9 AND ALONG AZALEA DRIVE AND RIVERSIDE ROAD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.5 FEET ON JAN 26 2010.

Please take pre­cau­tion­ary actions and be aware of the pos­si­ble dan­gers a flood can cause.
All indi­vid­u­als who live or are near the affected rivers, streams, and creeks should mon­i­tor the sit­u­a­tion. In addi­tion peo­ple should be pre­pared to pro­tect life and property.

Folks should not attempt to drive through stand­ing or run­ning waters under any cir­cum­stances. To do so may risk drown­ing. The best course of action is to avoid flood waters.

The lat­est data was fur­nished by the National Weather Ser­vice in coop­er­a­tion with the United States Geo­log­i­cal Survey.