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FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 
741 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PARTS OF THE BIG CREEK...CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVER...SUWANEE CREEK...SWEETWATER CREEK...  

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. 
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND 
RIVERS...CAUSING RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG THESE RIVER 
SYSTEMS WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.


FOR THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL...
   MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
   MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
   THE LATEST STAGE WAS 11 FEET AT 4 PM TUESDAY.
   BANKFULL STAGE IS 12 FEET.  
   FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.
   THE FORECAST FOR THE SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL...
          IT WILL CREST NEAR 14.7 FEET AROUND 2 AM WEDNESDAY...
          AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. 
                                                   
AT 13 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS WITH WATER ENTERING SOME HOMES 
ON WREN CIRCLE IN AUSTELL. OLD ALABAMA ROAD BRIDGE ALSO GOES UNDER 
WATER.  

FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS...
   MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
   THE LATEST STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET AT 6 PM TUESDAY.
   BANKFULL STAGE IS 15 FEET.  
   FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
   THE FORECAST FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VININGS...
          IT WILL CREST NEAR 16.3 FEET AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT. 
          IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 12 AM WEDNESDAY. 
                                                   
AT 18 FEET...CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF HOMES NEAR THE RIVER MAY 
OCCUR. OTHER HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BE SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS.


FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG...
   MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
   THE LATEST STAGE...WAS 16.5 FEET AT 5 PM TUESDAY.
   BANKFULL STAGE IS 15 FEET.  
   FLOOD STAGE IS 15 FEET.
   THE FORECAST...FOR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG...
          IT WILL CREST NEAR 18.0 FEET AROUND 2 AM WEDNESDAY. 
          IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. 
                                                   
AT 18 FEET...THE RIVER IS AT BANKFULL AND FARM AND PASTURE LAND 
BEGINS TO FLOOD WITH SOME EVACUATION OF LIVESTOCK IN THE FLOOD 
PLAIN OF THE RIVER REQUIRED.  

FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA...
   MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
   THE LATEST STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET AT 7 PM TUESDAY.
   BANKFULL STAGE IS 7 FEET.  
   FLOOD STAGE IS ALSO 7 FEET.
   THE FORECAST FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA...
          IT WILL CREST NEAR 9.4 FEET AROUND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. 
          IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 AM THURSDAY. 
                                                   
AT 10 FEET...FLOODING OF YARDS ALONG THE CREEK BEGINS FROM ALPHARETTA 
TO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER.  

FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE...
   MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
   THE LATEST STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET AT 5 PM TUESDAY.
   BANKFULL STAGE IS 7 FEET.  
   FLOOD STAGE IS ALSO 7 FEET.
   THE FORECAST FOR THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE...
          IT WILL CREST NEAR 9.3 FEET AROUND 11 PM TUESDAY. 
          IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY. 
                                                   


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