Flood Warning in Catoosa County, Georgia
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
1/10/2024 10:12:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
1/10/2024 10:12:00 PM until 1/12/2024 4:00:00 AM
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1015 AM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Tennessee...
West Chickamauga Creek at GA 146 near Lakeview affecting Catoosa
and Hamilton Counties.
For the North GA Chickamauga Creek Basin...including Ringgold,
Lakeview...Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...West Chickamauga Creek at GA 146 near Lakeview.
* WHEN...Until early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 11 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding
begins of woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and
downstream from the gage on the Georgia Highway 146 or Cloud
Springs Road bridge. Minor flooding of the creek can also be
expected further downstream as it crosses the Tennessee border
into the south East Ridge area.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:15 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 11.4 feet and nearly
steady.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 11.7
feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage
late tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 11 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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