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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
932 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...GEORGIA...
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 1015 AM EDT.
GAC047-TNC065-131415-
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/CHKT1.1.ER.250813T0749Z.250814T0000Z.250814T1305Z.NO/
932 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK NEAR CHICKAMAUGA TN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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.
AT 21.0 FEET, MACK SMITH ROAD AND LOVELL FIELD LOOP BECOME
IMPASSABLE. WATER BEGINS TO COME ONTO AIRPORT ROAD, JUST NORTH OF
THE TERMINAL COMPLEX. WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK INCREASES TO NEAR A
HALF MILE WIDE IN PLACES, BECOMING HAZARDOUS TO ADJACENT TRAVEL IN
EAST RIDGE.
AT 22.0 FEET, AIRPORT ROAD IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. A COUPLE OF HOMES
ARE SLIGHTLY FLOODED NEAR INTERSECTION OF MACK SMITH ROAD AND MAY
STREET. FLOODING BECOMES EXTENSIVE AROUND THE NORTH END OF THE
AIRPORT.
AT 23.0 FEET, EVACUATIONS BEGIN IN SOME OF THE LOW LYING AREAS
AROUND SPRING CREEK IN THE EAST RIDGE AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 21.5 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3509 8528 3511 8521 3497 8513 3497 8522
SR
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