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EXPIRED4/17/2024 8:28:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
4/17/2024 8:28:00 AM until 4/17/2024 8:00:00 PM
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Satilla River At Waycross affecting Pierce and Ware Counties.
Satilla River At Atkinson affecting Brantley County.
Additional information is available at
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=jax.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 800 PM EDT.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Satilla River at Waycross.
* WHEN...Until this evening.
* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agriculture and timberlands
begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is
flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121
Bridge the boat ramp and dirt access roads are flooded.
At 17.0 feet, On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat
Ramp parking lot and access road is flooded and Simmons Trail is
flooded cutting off one residence. On the Pierce County side, the
Okefenokee Country Club Course Holes 14 through 16 begin to flood.
At 18.0 feet, On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country
Club Golf Course is generally closed. Riverwoods Drive low lying
properties begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 16.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
this afternoon and continue falling to 14.4 feet Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood