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WGUS42 KFFC 110200
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
GAC057-111400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0007.260111T0443Z-260111T2000Z/
/CNNG1.1.ER.260111T0443Z.260111T1200Z.260111T1400Z.NO/
900 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE WOODLANDS
AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE BY
THE WALASKA STREET BRIDGE. PORTIONS OF RECREATIONAL AREAS SUCH AS
BOLING PARK BEHIND THE CHEROKEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL...THE CHEROKEE
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND THE ETOWAH RIVER GREENWAY AT HERITAGE PARK
WILL BE FLOODED WITH UP TO ONE FOOT OF WATER. THE PARKING LOT AT
BOLING PARK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 16.7 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.7
FEET ON 03/26/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3427 8430 3422 8446 3418 8454 3424 8459
3431 8443
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