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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
735 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 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...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 800 PM EDT.
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735 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK NEAR CHICKAMAUGA TN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* 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.
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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 18.5 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE 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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