The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia. Ocmulgee River near Macon affecting Houston, Bibb, Twiggs and Jones Counties. * WHAT. Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE. Ocmulgee River near Macon. * WHEN. From late tonight to Friday evening. * IMPACTS. At 20 feet, Minor flooding expands. An increasing amount of the Macon GreenWay Ocmulgee Heritage Trail floods north of the Martin Luther King Boulevard bridge and Spring Street Landing. The flood waters will be around one foot deep on portions of the trails and both banks overflow upstream from the bridge. Large portions of agricultural lands well downstream will be under 1 to 3 feet of water. Flooding continues to spread to access roads, trails, foot bridges, and parking lots in Amerson Park upstream of the gage site. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 4:30 PM EDT Monday the stage was 14.5 feet. - Forecast. The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 20.2 feet Wednesday evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday afternoon. - Flood stage is 18 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
