Atlanta, Georgia

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Tattnall, GA; Toombs, GA
Effective: 18apeor59ap -> 19apeor0ap
Onset: 19aaeor0aa -> 19apeor0ap
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Charleston SC on 18apeor59ap
Headline: Flood Warning issued June 18 at 8:59PM EDT until June 19 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Description: * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ohoopee River near Reidsville.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, water enters the back yards of some homes
in the Joy Bluff community.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 800 PM EDT Wednesday, the stage was 10.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 11.0
feet early Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood
stage Thursday morning.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.

Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Burke, GA; Emanuel, GA; Jenkins, GA
Effective: 18apeor59ap -> 22aaeor0aa
Onset: 20aaeor0aa -> 19apeor0ap
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Charleston SC on 18apeor59ap
Headline: Flood Warning issued June 18 at 8:59PM EDT until June 22 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Description: * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ogeechee River at Midville.

* WHEN...From late Thursday night to late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...At 6.0 feet, the access road into the River Bluff
community in Midville floods. The lower portion of Johnson Road
near Herndon is also flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 800 PM EDT Wednesday, the stage was 5.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Friday morning to a crest of 6.1 feet early Friday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 6.0 feet.

Alert: Flash Flood Warning
Area(s): Lee, GA; Terrell, GA
Effective: 18apeor31ap -> 18apeor0ap
Onset: 18apeor31ap -> 18apeor0ap
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Tallahassee FL on 18apeor31ap
Headline: Flash Flood Warning issued June 18 at 8:31PM EDT until June 18 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL
Description: FFWTAE

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 831 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2.5 to 3.5 inches
in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Leesburg, Albany, Smithville, Sasser, Jordan Place, Bridges
Crossroad, Neyami, Byne Crossroads, Armena, Scrutchins and
Chickasawhatchee.