Full Notification

...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia... Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg affecting Carroll...Coweta and Heard Counties Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Clayton...Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Griffin Hwy. 16 affecting Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Carsonville Hwy. 19 affecting Crawford... Talbot...Taylor and Upson Counties Yellow River near East Lithonia affecting De Kalb and Rockdale Counties Yellow River near Conyers below Milstead affecting Newton and Rockdale Counties Middle Oconee River near Arcade affecting Barrow and Jackson Counties Oconee River near Penfield affecting Clarke...Greene and Oconee Counties .Recent heavy rainfall has caused significant runoff into streams and rivers which will cause flooding in some areas. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flood Warning for The Flint River near Griffin Hwy. 16.

* From late tonight until Saturday morning.

* At 10 PM Tuesday the stage was 10.8 feet and rising.

* Minor flooding is forecast.

* Flood stage is 12 feet.

* Forecast to rise above flood stage by after midnight tomorrow and continue to rise to near 14.7 feet by tomorrow early afternoon. The river is then forecast to fall below flood stage by Saturday morning.

* At 15 feet...Minor flooding expands further into the woodlands... fields and pasture upstream and downstream from the gage on Georgia Highway 16 or Newnan Road. The backyards of homes at the end of Landing Way upstream from the bridge will be flooded with around two feet of water.

* AFFECTED AREAS: FAYETTE, GA ... SPALDING, GA

Instructions:

All persons with interests along the river should monitor the latest forecasts...and be prepared to take necessary precautions to protect life and property. The latest stage data was furnished in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey.