... Flood Warning extended until Friday afternoon... the Flood Warning continues for the Oconee river near Milledgeville * until Friday afternoon. * At 10 am Wednesday the stage was 32 feet... and rising. * Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 27.0 feet. * The river will continue rising to near 33.0 feet by this evening. The river will fall below flood stage Friday morning. * At 32.0 feet... moderate flooding begins. Fishing Creek spreads further into Woodland areas and begins to cover some roads in low lying areas. Tanyard branch stream continues to flood.
Record Report
Statement as of 4:15 am EST on November 11, 2009
... 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.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:15 PM EDT on November 11, 2009
... 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.