FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
736 PM EST WED JAN 07 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
LOOKOUT CREEK ABOVE NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE COUNTY
CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR TILTON AFFECTING GORDON...MURRAY AND
WHITFIELD COUNTIES
COOSAWATTEE RIVER ABOVE REDBUD AFFECTING GORDON COUNTY
OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR RESACA AFFECTING FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES
OOSTANAULA RIVER NEAR ROME US HWY. 27 AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY
BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES
OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE
COUNTIES
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF
INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS
ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.
736 PM EST WED JAN 07 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* AT 7 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET AND CONTINUING TO FALL
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW MODERATE FLOOD STAGE AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING
* AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEINGS. FLOODING OF YARDS BEGINS
ALONG THE REACH OF CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH
ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLOODING
IS COMMON ALONG OLD FEDERAL ROAD AND NICHOLSON ROAD NEAR THE ETOWAH
RIVER IN WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
417 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
REMEMBER...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OF THIS SPEED CAN ALSO DOWN
WEAKENED TREES.