Friday, March 21, 2003
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Friday, March 21, 2003 |
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Rain snarls cart paths By J. FRANK LYNCH
Portions of Peachtree City's cart path system were made impassable early Thursday when 3.4 inches of rain fell on the area during a 24-hour period. The public-access cart path that runs through Flat Creek Country Club, crossing the creek alongside Flat Creek Road near Golfview Drive, was closed by flooding for the first time since July 4, 1994, when 12 inches of rain fell on the city, said Betsy Tyler, public information officer. And a key tunnel underneath Peachtree Parkway at Luther Glass Park / Braelinn Ponds, near Crosstown Road, was also closed. But Tyler said that culvert was designed as a flood control device and frequently fills up in heavy rains, forcing path users to find another route to cross the parkway. City public works crews were out early Thursday patroling the paths, a routine practice during heavy storms. By early afternoon, the entire cart system was clear again, Tyler said. There were no reports of street flooding. According to Mike Leary, Climate Specialist at the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, the nearly 3.5 inches that fell was likely to do more damage further downstream, in central and south Georgia, which frequently suffers the consequnces of heavy rainfalls to the north. No flood warnings were issued in Fayette County, Leary said, but the NWS kept an eye Thursday afternoon on rising rivers in places like Dublin, Vidalia and Macon, where it was still raining. Leary said it was too early to tell what affect this week's weather had on Georgia's rainfall deficit. There's no great threat of rain again until the middle of next week. The weekend looks to be partly cloudy and dry, with lows in the 40s and highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s. "It will be a great time to get out and catch up on the garden work and try to get things back to normal," Leary said.
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