Rex, Georgia

... Forecast flooding increased from minor to moderate severity... the
Flood Warning continues for
the Flint River near Lovejoy
* until Thursday afternoon.
* At 10 am Wednesday the stage was 13.8 feet... and
rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 15.0 feet by this evening.
The river will fall below flood stage Thursday late 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.