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UPDATE: (2/23/13 11:25 PM)

Worth County:

CLOSED ROADS -
Jerry Young Rd between Brown Rd and Turner Rd
Gibbs Rd between Pine Forest Rd and Deerland Rd
Outlaw Rd between WB Parks Rd and Burdette Rd
Marvin Lawhorne Rd between Sledge Rd and WB Parks Rd
WA Patterson Rd between Deerland Rd and 256 (Old Wooden Bridge)
Willow Rd Between Hickory Lane & S. County Line Rd
Gunter Road
Carter Rd between Massey Airport Rd to pond bottom
Deerland from 256 to Earlene Sizemore Road
Brown Cemetery Road from Sledge Road to Crawley (WB Parks Road)
Brown Cemetery Rd Hogan to Sledge Rd
1300 block of York Rd  (East of Evergreen Rd)
Massey Airport Road between York Road and Hwy 112
Gibbs Road at Jones Road
700 block of West Wallace at Pond (City of Sylvester)
Maddox Street at West Wallace Street (City of Sylvester)
West Street at Curtis Street (City of Sylvester)
Melton Rd at Town Creek Bridge
Jones Rd from Gibbs Rd to Pine Forest Rd.
Whittington Rd from Hartsfield to the Tift County Line
Porters Corner Road (Dirt portion)
EW Booth from Hwy 313 to residence of 450 Old Mail Rd
Mt horeb Rd from the end of the pavement of Mt. Horeb Rd to Cowford Bridge Rd
Gunsmoke Rd from Bryant Rd to Joe Sumner Rd.

WATER OVER ROADWAYS - These roadways have water over the road and are currently passable but officials are asking everyone to use caution.
Voyels Road
EW Booth Rd at Hwy 256 NOW CLOSED
WA Patterson Rd between Sledge Rd and Althen Way
Ephesus Church Rd at the county landfill
Marchant Rd at Thompson Road Circle
Burdette Rd at Tifton Scooterville Rd
Hwy 256 between Sylvester City Limits and Cotton Road area
Little River Rd at Williams Rd
Joe Sumner Rd north of Whiddon Mill Rd
Gunsmoke east of Sumner Rd
Gintown Rd around Wiregrass Plantation
Shingler Little River Road ( 1 mile north of shingle)
Holcomb Rd just west of Sherrod Rd
Crawly Rd at Brown Cemetery Rd
Pearson Rd just south of Jewel Crowe Rd
Evergreen Rd at Evergreen Church
Whittington Rd at the Worth/Tift/Colquitt Line NOW CLOSED
Old Mail Rd (dirt portion) NOW CLOSED
My Horeb Rd 300 block NOW CLOSED
1100 block of Liberty Hill Rd

ORIGINAL STORY: (2/23/13)

Numerous road closures have been confirmed across Southwest Georgia.

Worth County:
Jerry Young Rd between Brown Rd and Turner Rd
Gibbs Rd between Pine Forest Rd and Deerland Rd
Outlaw Rd between WB Parks Rd and Burdette Rd
Marvin Lawhorne Rd between Sledge Rd and WB Parks Rd
WA Patterson Rd between Deerland Rd and 256 (Old Wooden Bridge)
Willow Rd Between Hickory Lane & S. County Line Rd
Gunter Road
Carter Rd between Massey Airport Rd to pond bottom
Deerland from 256 to Earlene Sizemore Road
Brown Cemetery Road from Sledge Road to Crawley (WB Parks Road)
Brown Cemetery Rd Hogan to Sledge Rd
1300 block of York Rd  (East of Evergreen Rd)
Massey Airport Road between York Road and Hwy 112
Gibbs Road at Jones Road
700 block of West Wallace at Pond (City of Sylvester)
Maddox Street at West Wallace Street (City of Sylvester)
West Street at Curtis Street (City of Sylvester)
Melton Rd at Town Creek Bridge
Jones Rd from Gibbs Rd to Pine Forest Rd.
Whittington Rd from Hartsfield to the Tift County Line
Porters Corner Road (Dirt portion)

Turner County:
EMA Director, Jason Lawson says that the roads are in very good shape. Only parts of six dirt roads in the southern end of the county have water issues. Those roads are Wells Road, Daphnia Road, Leon Williams Road, Robert Davis Road and Kendrick Road.

Tift County: (No roads have been reopened)
Babe Hall Road between Lower Brookfield Road and Highway 25
Highway 41 S and Dock Mountain Senior Drive
The intersection of Chestnut and E. 6th Street
The main entrance of Cypress Ridge Subdivision has been closed but the back gate is open.
Highway 41 S is closed from Oakridge Road to El Dorado Road
Sutton Circle is closed to thru traffic at Fletcher

Irwin County:
Officials confirm that a few non-main dirt roads are closed at this time.

Crisp County:
Officials confirm that there are multiple roads closed across the county.

Miller County:
East Sheffield Road
Chapman Road
Cox Road
Harmony Church Road
Glass Road
North Early County Line Road is partially closed from Roberts Rd to Harmony Church Road
Bush Rd is partially closed from Enterprise Road to Highway 91S

No roads have been reported closed in Atkinson, Baker, Berrien, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, and Terrell Counties. 

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