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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