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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

1025 PM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a 

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...



  Ocmulgee River near Macon affecting Twiggs, Bibb, Jones, Monroe 

  and Houston Counties.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive 

around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas.



Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.



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/MACG1.1.ER.250408T1048Z.250409T1800Z.250411T1724Z.NO/

1025 PM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY 

EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Ocmulgee River near Macon.



* WHEN...From late Monday night to Friday evening.



* IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, minor flooding continues to expand. Large 

  portions of the Macon GreenWay Ocmulgee Heritage Trail floods 

  north of the Martin Luther King Boulevard bridge. The flood waters 

  will be up to 3 feet deep on portions of the trail. Large portions 

  of agricultural lands east of Macon and well downstream will be 

  under 1 to 5 feet of water.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 9:30 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 10.9 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    Tuesday morning to a crest of 22.4 feet early Wednesday

    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday

    afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 3290 8372 3293 8367 3282 8356 3266 8353

      3263 8359 3274 8363





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