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WGUS82 KFFC 110515
FLSFFC
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER AT GA 9 NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING DAWSON AND FORSYTH
COUNTIES.
..THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA
ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ETOWAH RIVER DOWNSTREAM I-575 AT CANTON AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY.
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
GEORGIA...
ETOWAH RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF GA 53 NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING DAWSON
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.
GAC085-110615-
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/DWLG1.N.ER.260110T2203Z.260111T0130Z.260111T0346Z.UU/
1215 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ETOWAH RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF GA
53 NEAR DAWSONVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3438 8410 3439 8407 3439 8405 3438 8404
3437 8406 3437 8408
GAC085-117-111300-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260111T1249Z/
/DWSG1.1.ER.260110T2158Z.260111T0400Z.260111T0649Z.NO/
1215 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ETOWAH RIVER AT GA 9 NEAR DAWSONVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS IN NORTHWEST
FORSYTH COUNTY. OLD FEDERAL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD AND NICHOLSON ROAD
IS CLOSED OFF TO RESIDENTS. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES IN SOUTH
DAWSON COUNTY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 11:00 PM EST SATURDAY WAS 13.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.5 FEET THURSDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.7
FEET ON 03/29/1951.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3441 8408 3436 8404 3435 8411 3428 8425
3434 8427 3440 8417
GAC057-111715-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260111T2000Z/
/CNNG1.1.ER.260111T0453Z.260111T1200Z.260111T1400Z.NO/
1215 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ETOWAH RIVER AT CANTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS 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 11:15 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.7 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
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
GAC057-111715-
/O.CON.KFFC.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ECTG1.1.ER.260110T2300Z.260111T0445Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1215 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...ETOWAH RIVER DOWNSTREAM I-575 AT CANTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER GENERALLY EAST OF CANTON NEAR
THE INTERSTATE 575 BRIDGE. A ROCK LANDING AND GRASSY LOT BEHIND A
PUMP STATION OFF OF RIVERSTONE PARKWAY AND AREAS BEHIND THE
BUSINESSES ON OLD BALL GROUND HIGHWAY AND KEITH DRIVE ARE FLOODED
WITH UP TO TWO FEET OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 11:45 PM EST SATURDAY WAS 19.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.1
FEET ON 03/25/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3434 8427 3428 8425 3427 8436 3422 8446
3427 8450 3433 8440
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