…The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia…
Yellow River at Gees Mill Road affecting Rockdale and Newton
Counties.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Yellow River at Gees Mill Road.
* WHEN…From Thursday morning to late Friday night.
* IMPACTS…At 13 feet, Minor flooding continues to expand into the
woodlands…fields and pasture along the river upstream and
downstream from the gage on Gees Mill Road in Rockdale County.
Most of Sockwell Road by the river in Newton County will be
flooded with up to 4 feet of water. Minor flooding also occurs in
Newton County in the Riverside Estates Travel and Trailer Park.
Any trailers near the river may need to be moved to higher ground.
A playground by the river will begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:01 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 7.2 feet and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning to a crest of 14 feet early Friday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage Friday evening.
– Flood stage is 11 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
