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Flood Statement

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

610 AM EDT Sat May 11 2024



...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in 

Tennessee...Georgia...



  West Chickamauga Creek at GA 146 near Lakeview affecting Catoosa 

  and Hamilton Counties.



For the North GA Chickamauga Creek Basin...including Ringgold, 

Lakeview...Minor flooding is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.



Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.



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610 AM EDT Sat May 11 2024



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and is forecast to continue.



* WHERE...West Chickamauga Creek at GA 146 near Lakeview.



* WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 11 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding 

  begins of woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and 

  downstream from the gage on the Georgia Highway 146 or Cloud 

  Springs Road bridge. Minor flooding of the creek can also be 

  expected further downstream as it crosses the Tennessee border 

  into the south East Ridge area.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 5:15 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 11.5 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12

    feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage

    tomorrow morning.

  - Flood stage is 11 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 3492 8526 3500 8523 3499 8516 3486 8524





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