Austell, Georgia

The Flood Warning continues for
the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta Hwy 280
* until further notice.
* At 3 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 26.1 feet... and
rising/falling/steady.
* Flood stage is 24.0 feet.

402 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Chattahoochee River near Vinings at Paces Ferry
* until Thursday morning.
* At 2 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 16.8 feet... and falling.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast to
continue.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* The river is forecast to drop below flood stage Thursday afternoon.
* The Chattahoochee River also remains above flood stage at Vinings
near U.S. Highway 41. The current stage is 16.8 feet and falling.

1144 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Nickajack creek near Mableton
* at 1115 am Wednesday the stage was 12.0 feet... and
steady.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.

1136 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the noses creek near Powder Springs
* at 1030 am Wednesday the stage was 12.6 feet... and
falling slowly.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.

1132 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Sweetwater creek near Powder Springs
* until further notice.
* At 1045 am Wednesday the stage was 15.1 feet... and
rising slow.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

1030 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

... Flood Warning extended until Friday morning... the Flood Warning
continues for
the Sweetwater creek near Austell
* until Friday morning.
* At 945 am Wednesday the stage was 11.6 feet... and
rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 14.1 feet by this evening.
The river will fall below flood stage early Friday morning.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Atlanta...

a record rainfall of 4.05 inches was set at Atlanta yesterday. This
breaks the old record of 2.57 set in 1966.

... Rainfall totals for the 9-11 November heavy rain event...

The following are some rainfall totals that occurred 9-11 November
as heavy rains spread northward from the remnants of Tropical Storm
Ida as the storm tracked eastward along the Florida Panhandle and
extreme south Georgia.

These are rainfall totals from the Ida heavy rain event that
occurred between 1 PM Monday, November 9, 2009 through 1 PM
Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Station ID heavy rain event
                         total pcpn (1pm 11/9 - 1pm 11/11)

Albany :aby 0.62
Alma :amg 0.49
Athens :ahn 3.97
Atlanta :atl 4.72
Augusta :ags 4.48
Brunswick :ssi 0.35
Cartersville :vpc 4.52
Columbus :csg 5.60
Gainesville :gvl 4.16
Macon :mcn 2.77
Marietta :mge 4.30
NE Atlanta :pdk 4.63
Peachtree City :ffc 4.84
Rome :rmg 3.46
Savannah :sav 1.36
Valdosta :vld 0.98
west Atlanta :fty 4.72

The widespread heavy rain caused numerous creeks, streams and
rivers to rise above flood stage... causing minor and moderate
flooding across much of north and central Georgia.