Sargent, Georgia

The Flood Warning continues for
the Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg
* until Friday evening.
* At 3 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 19.8 feet... and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring. Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet. Moderate flood stage is 21.0 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 22.3 feet by early Thursday
afternoon. The river is expected to remain above flood stage until
Saturday afternoon.
* At 21.0 feet... moderate flooding begins. Some access roads are
flooded. More farm and pasture land are flooded out.

1223 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the line creek near Senoia
* until further notice.
* At 1145 am Wednesday the stage was 11.1 feet... and
rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* At 10.0 feet... minor flooding of the natural flood plain begins
which primarily affects agricultural and wooded areas. A small dirt
utility access Road near the Georgia Highway 85 bridge GOES
underwater.

1223 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the line creek near below lake McIntosh
* at 12 PM Wednesday the stage was 10.7 feet... and
steady.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.

... 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.