- Flood Warning for Monroe County, Georgia
- Flood Warning issued May 08 at 9:06PM EDT until May 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 9:06 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8 p.m.
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...
MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR HAWKINSVILLE AFFECTING BLECKLEY AND PULASKI
COUNTIES
OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE AFFECTING DODGE...TELFAIR AND WILCOX
COUNTIES
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 8 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET...AND FALLING.
* NONFLOOD FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.3 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. THE MACON GREENWAY
OCMULGEE HERITAGE TRAIL WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD IN AREAS JUST NORTH OF
THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE. CITIZENS OF THE TRAIL WILL NEED TO STOP
USE. IN ADDITION...THE LOWEST SECTIONS OF THE CHARLES JONES GATEWAY
PARK WILL FLOOD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.0 FEET ON JUN 20 2003.