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