- Flood Warning for Washington County, Georgia
- Flood Warning issued May 09 at 2:16PM EDT until further notice by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 2:16 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 4:16 a.m.
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
OCONEE RIVER NEAR OCONEE AFFECTING JOHNSON...WASHINGTON AND
WILKINSON 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 OCONEE RIVER NEAR OCONEE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 145 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET.
* AT 17 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. THE WATER LEVEL REACHES THE
TOP OF THE OLD BALLS FERRY ROAD BOAT RAMP...JUST UPSTREAM AND
RIGHTBANK FROM THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY 57 BRIDGE. MINOR FLOODING OF
WOODLANDS NEAR THE RIVER OCCURS.