000 WGUS82 KFFC 060218 FLSFFC FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1018 PM EDT SAT APR 05 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING CREEK IN GEORGIA... BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES .THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS NOT PRODUCED ENOUGH RUNOFF TO CAUSE FLOODING CONCERNS AND BIG CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GAC117-121-060248- /O.CAN.KFFC.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080407T1312Z/ /APHG1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1018 PM EDT SAT APR 05 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA * UNTIL MONDAY MORNING * AT 09PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.0 FEET * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET * AT 7.0 FEET...BANKFULL AND FLOOD STAGE ARE REACHED ALONG BIG CREEK BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA...AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. FLOODING STARTS TO EFFECT THE ALPHARETTA GREENWAY AND ABOUT 200 FEET OF THE GREENWAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. IN ADDITION...HIGH WATER BEGINS TO ENCROACH INTO PARK DOWNSTREAM OF GAGE NEAR ROSWELL ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 9 AND RIVERSIDE ROAD. $$