Full Notification

...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia... Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Clayton...Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Griffin Hwy. 16 affecting Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Molena affecting Meriwether and Pike Counties Flint River near Carsonville Hwy. 19 affecting Crawford... Talbot...Taylor and Upson Counties Flint River near Montezuma affecting Dooly...Macon and Sumter 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 Molena.

* From Monday evening until late Wednesday night.

* At 8 PM Sunday the stage was 9.2 feet...and rising.

* Minor flooding is forecast.

* Flood stage is 28 feet.

* Forecast to rise above flood stage by late Monday evening and continue to rise to near 31.2 feet by Tuesday evening. The river will fall below flood stage by Wednesday evening.

* At 33 feet...Moderate flooding begins. Flooding continues to expand into the agricultural and wooded areas upstream and downstream from the gage located near the pump station. Significant flooding expands into the agricultural and wooded areas downstream from the gage near the Georgia Highway 74 bridge. Elevated homes in this location will have several feet of water underneath them. Access roads to these homes will be completely flooded.

* AFFECTED AREAS: PIKE, GA ... MERIWETHER, 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.