FLOOD WARNINGS

PEACHTREE CITY - Flood warnings have been issued for several rivers in north Georgia.

Text of the state issued late Tuesday night by the National Weather Service:


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA.........

HIWASSEE RIVER NEAR HIAWASSEE AFFECTING TOWNS COUNTY

LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE COUNTY

CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR TILTON AFFECTING GORDON...MURRAY AND
WHITFIELD COUNTIES

ALCOVY RIVER NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE 6ESE AFFECTING GWINNETT AND WALTON
COUNTIES

YELLOW RIVER NEAR CONYERS BLW MILSTEAD AFFECTING NEWTON AND
ROCKDALE COUNTIES

LITTLE RIVER NEAR EATONTON AFFECTING PUTNAM COUNTY

MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE AFFECTING BARROW AND JACKSON
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.

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.