Hardwick, Georgia

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Oconee river near Milledgeville
* from this morning until Friday afternoon.
* At 545 am Wednesday the stage was 24.9 feet... and
rising rapidly.
* Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
* Forecast to rise above flood stage this morning and continue to
rise to near 33.8 feet by after midnight Thursday. The river will
fall below flood stage late Friday morning.
* At 35.0 feet... major flooding begins. Numerous roads are closed in
the east side of Milledgeville near the Oconee river... Fishing
Creek and Tanyard branch stream. Widespread flooding of Woodlands
near the river occurs.

... Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM EST this evening...

A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM EST this evening...
for all of north and central Georgia.

A strong pressure gradient will continue over the area due to the
remnants of Ida and strong high pressure over the Great Lakes
area. Winds of 15 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 can be
expected to continue through this evening. Additionally... with
wet ground conditions across the area... it will not take very
strong winds for trees to begin to fall.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 to 35 mph are expected.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for
high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

... 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.