…The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia…
Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road near Lithonia affecting
Rockdale and DeKalb Counties.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road near Lithonia.
* WHEN…From late tonight to Friday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 15 feet, Minor flooding continues and expands further
into the woodlands and fields near the river upstream and
downstream from the gage on Pleasant Hill Road. In Dekalb County…
some flooding of backyards of homes begin on Harmony Hills Drive
and Court. Johnson Creek flowing under Union Grove Road into the
river begins to back up.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:17 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 11.2 feet and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
just after midnight tonight to a crest of 14.9 feet early
tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early
Friday morning.
– Flood stage is 13 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
