Cobb County government issued a notice around 12:30 p.m. today that Columns Drive, which meets Johnson Ferry Road at the Chattahoochee River, has been closed due to flooding.
The specific area of Columns Drive that is closed is between Willow Knoll Drive and Atlanta Country Club Drive.
Cobb DOT also closed Woodland Brook in Vinings, where a woman in a van had to be rescued after being stranded in high water.
Cobb officials also said areas of the Chattahoochee near Roswell, including East Cobb boundaries, also are vulnerable to flooding. This morning motorists were advised not to travel along Willeo Road along the Chattahoochee, close to where it meets Timber Ridge Road in East Cobb.
A flood warning was issued for several stretches along the Chattahoochee in Cobb, including that stretch near Roswell.
After being in a flash flood watch area, Cobb is now under a flood warning, following storms Thursday night and Friday morning, that brought between 2-4 inches of rain to the area.
The warning is due to expire around 3:15 today, but the National Weather Service said flooding issues from the rains will linger through the rest of today. Here’s more from the NWS warning, which was issued around 1:30 p.m., and specifically about the flooding near Vinings:
- At 12PM Friday the stage was 18.5 feet and and rising.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- Significant flooding occurs in the woodlands and affects large portions of the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on Cobb Parkway. The flood waters will be around 3 feet deep over portions of the access road to the recreation area. Portions of the parking lot will begin to flood.
- This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.9 feet on Oct 12 2009.
A flash flood watch continues for Cobb, metro Atlanta and much of north Georgia until 7 a.m. Saturday.
More thunderstorms are expected later this weekend and into New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
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