WFO ATLANTA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, February 22, 2019
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
956 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Lookout Creek near New England affecting Dade and Hamilton
Counties
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...
Coahulla Creek near Keiths Mill near Dalton affecting Whitfield
County
...Flood Warning extended until Friday morning...The Flood Warning
continues for
The Lookout Creek near New England.
* Until Friday morning.
* At 9AM Monday the stage was 13.2 feet...and falling.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by Friday
morning.
* At 13.0 feet...Minor flooding expands along Sells Lane in
Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek Road near New
England. All these roads will be closed. Also minor flooding
expands much further downstream as the creek crosses the Tennessee
border into the Tiftona area.
* This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.2 feet on Apr 5 2011.
The Flood Warning continues for
The Coahulla Creek near Keiths Mill near Dalton.
* Until further notice.
* At 9AM Monday the stage was 17.1 feet...and rising.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* The river will continue rising to near 17.5 feet by late this
afternoon then begin falling.
* At 18.0 feet...Minor flooding expands into the pastures...fields
and woodlands upstream and downstream from the Keiths Mill Road
bridge.
* This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.1 feet on Mar 8 2011.
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