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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
419 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...TENNESSEE...
SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK NEAR CHICKAMAUGA TN AFFECTING HAMILTON
AND CATOOSA COUNTIES.
FOR THE SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA...INCLUDING CHICKAMAUGA TN...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 700 AM EST.
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419 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK NEAR CHICKAMAUGA TN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO CROSS MACK SMITH ROAD IN
CATOOSA COUNTY, GEORGIA. FLOODING BEGINS AT GOLF COURSES NEAR THE
CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH AND WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEKS. WEST CHICKAMAUGA
CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS, AS WELL.
AT 19.0 FEET, WATER ACROSS MACK SMITH ROAD BEGINS TO IMPEDE
TRAFFIC. WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS NEAR THE
GEORGIA STATE LINE AND INUNDATES SEVERAL ROADS AND PROPERTIES IN
THE AREA.
AT 20.0 FEET, MACK SMITH ROAD IS CLOSED. WATER CROSSES LOVELL
FIELD LOOP, THE ACCESS ROAD AROUND THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT
RUNWAY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3509 8528 3511 8521 3497 8513 3497 8522
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