The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended
the
* Flood Warning for...
Rabun County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 900 AM EDT Friday.
* At 850 PM EDT, high water on the Tallulah River due to heavy
rainfall of 3-5 inches over the past 48 hours inches has prompted
Georgia Power to release excess water from Lake Burton Dam, Lake
Rabun/Mathis Dam, Tallulah Falls Lake and Dam and Lake Tugaloo
Dam. These releases, combined with the preexisting high water
conditions on feeder streams, especially on Tiger Creek, is
causing rapid rises downstream of Mathis Dam. Floodwaters have
closed Shady Lane and are threatening Joy Bridge Road among other
roads downstream of these lakes. Additional heavy rain expected
this evening will likely worsen these conditions.
* Elsewhere across the county, minor flooding of several secondary
roads is ongoing. The Tallulah River above Lake Burton and the
Chattooga River both remain elevated, though are slowly receding.
Please avoid all flooded roadways and Turn Around, Don`t Drown.
Exercise extreme caution near elevated streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Clayton, Mountain City, Tiger, Dillard, Sky Valley, Lake Rabun,
Lake Burton, Moccasin Creek State Park, Lakemont and Tallulah Gorge
State Park.