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EXPIRED3/8/2024 10:11:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
3/8/2024 10:11:00 AM until 3/8/2024 10:15:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 1015 PM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg affecting Heard, Coweta and
Carroll Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 17 feet, Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding
begins in the woodlands and fields along the river upstream and
downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 27 or Georgia Highway 16.
Flood waters reach the top of the boat ramp at Riverside Park next
to the bridge. The playground at a day use area on the west side
of the Chattahoochee Bend State Park will begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:15 AM EST Friday the stage was 9.8 feet and falling.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Sunday morning to a crest of 17.2 feet Sunday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 17 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood