Dawsonville, Georgia

... Flood Warning extended until this evening... the Flood Warning
continues for
the Etowah river near Dawsonville
* until this evening.
* At 1030 am Wednesday the stage was 14.0 feet... and
falling.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by this
evening.
* At 14.0 feet... moderate flooding begins in northwest Forsyth
County. Old federal Road begins to flood and Nicholson Road is
closed off to residents. Minor flooding continues in south Dawson
County.

... 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.