000 WGUS42 KFFC 150110 FLWFFC BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 810 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 ...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA... OCONEE RIVER NEAR DUBLIN AFFECTING JOHNSON...LAURENS...WASHINGTON AND WILKINSON COUNTIES .SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAIN IN FLOOD AS A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL LAST TUESDAY THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS INTO NEXT WEEK AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOWER OCONEE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. && GAC167-175-303-319-151510- /O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0181.000000T0000Z-091119T1545Z/ /DBNG1.2.ER.091114T1637Z.091116T0000Z.091119T0945Z.NO/ 810 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR DUBLIN * UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 8 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.7 FEET...AND RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 25.0 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. * AT 25.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. A FEW HOMES BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FLOOD WATERS SPREAD FURTHER INTO WOODLANDS AND FIELDS NEAR THE RIVER. $$