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Flood Warning for Big Creek: National Weather Service
Most of the sidewalk and boardwalk of the Big Creek Greenway will be under a foot or two of water.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for Big Creek near Alpharetta from early Sunday until late Monday night.
At 4:30 Saturday, the water was at 5.1 feet and rising. Flood stage is 7 feet.
The creek is expected to rise above flood stage by Sunday and continue to rise to near 7.9 feet by Monday morning.
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“At 8 feet, minor flooding continues to expand farther into the woodlands and fields along the creek from near Cumming in south Forsyth County to Alpharetta and Roswell in north Fulton County,” according to the NWS statement.
Additional portions of The Big Creek Greenway have minor flooding with 1 to 2 feet of water.
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Most of the walking and biking paths will be closed, especially upstream and downstream from the gage on Kimball Bridge Road and near Rock Hill Park.
Portions of the YMCA Campground off Preston Ridge Road will flood.
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