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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
519 AM EST Fri Jan 6 2023

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in 
Georgia...

  Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Cobb and Douglas Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.

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519 AM EST Fri Jan 6 2023

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.

* WHERE...Sweetwater Creek near Austell.

* WHEN...Until this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 10 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding 
  occurs 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 begin to flood. 
  Athletic fields in the Woodrow Wilson Park on Mount Vernon Road 
  begin to flood due to water backing up in ditches.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:00 AM EST Friday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 5:00 AM EST Friday was 11.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    this morning and continue falling to 2.5 feet Tuesday
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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