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EXPIRED5/10/2024 5:03:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
5/10/2024 5:03:00 AM until 5/10/2024 5:00:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Tennessee...Georgia...
Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton
Counties.
For the Lookout Creek...including Flintstone, New England...Minor
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Lookout Creek near New England.
* WHEN...Until late this evening.
* IMPACTS...At 15 feet, Minor flooding continues to expand along
Sells Lane in Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek
Road near New England. These roads and other roads with creeks
flowing into Lookout Creek will flood causing the roads to be
closed. The water will be a few feet deep on portions of these
roads. Also minor flooding will continue to expand downstream as
the creek crosses the Tennessee border into the Tiftonia area.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:15 AM EDT Friday the stage was 14.7 feet and falling.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late this afternoon.
- Flood stage is 12 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood