Flood Warning for Pierce, GA; Ware, GA
What: Minor flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agriculture and timberlands begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121 Bridge the boat ramp and...
Official alert brief
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia... Satilla River At Waycross affecting Pierce and Ware Counties. Satilla River At Atkinson affecting Brantley County. Additional information is available at https://water.weather.gov/wfo/JAX
WHAT
Minor flooding is forecast.
WHERE
Satilla River at Waycross.
WHEN
From this evening until further notice.
IMPACTS
At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agriculture and timberlands begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121 Bridge the boat ramp and dirt access roads are flooded. At 17.0 feet, On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp parking lot and access road is flooded and Simmons Trail is flooded cutting off one residence. On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country Club Course Holes 14 through 16 begin to flood. At 18.0 feet, On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country Club Golf Course is generally closed. Riverwoods Drive low lying properties begin to flood.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
At 7:30 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was 14.5 feet. Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 17.1 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood