A flood warning has been issued for Sweetwater Creek near Austell in Cobb County and Douglas County from the National Weather Service. The warning will take effect Saturday evening and will extend to Monday morning.
In addition, much of the region is under a flood watch (see the difference between a flood watch and a flood warning in the section below). The flood watch remains in effect from this evening, Friday, March 8, until late Saturday night.
What is in the Flood warning statement?
The following text is from the flood warning alert:
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
509 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia…
Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Douglas and Cobb Counties.
For the Sweetwater Creek…including Austell…Minor flooding is
forecast.
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.
this afternoon at 515 PM EST.
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509 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024
…FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO
MONDAY MORNING…
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Sweetwater Creek near Austell.
* WHEN…From late Saturday night to Monday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 12.0 feet, Minor flooding continues 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 and athletic fields in the Woodrow Wilson
Park on Mount Vernon Road are flooded with one to two feet of
water. A portion of Wren Circle in Douglas County…the County
Iron Works and Sunlight Drive in Cobb County begin to…
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