…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia…
Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Cobb and Douglas Counties.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Sweetwater Creek near Austell.
* WHEN…Until Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS…At 12 feet, Minor flooding continues in the woodlands
and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the
Interstate 20 bridge. Portions of a paintball playing field just
downstream of the bridge and athletic fields in the Woodrow Wilson
Park on Mount Vernon Road are flooded with one to two feet of
water. A portion of Wren Circle in Douglas County…the County
Iron Works and Sunlight Drive in Cobb County begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:30 PM EST Friday the stage was 12.7 feet and falling.
– Forecast…The river is expected to fall below flood stage
tomorrow morning and continue falling to 3.6 feet Wednesday
evening.
– Flood stage is 10 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood