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
806 PM EST Tue Feb 19 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 Lookout Creek near New England.
* From after early Wednesday morning until Friday morning.
* At 7 PM Tuesday the stage was 9.8 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is forecast to develop.
* Flood stage is 12 feet.
* The creek is forecast to rise above flood stage after midnight
early Wednesday morning and continue rising, reaching near 14.5
feet by Thursday morning. The creek is expected to fall below flood
stage Friday morning.
* At 10 feet, bankfull conditions are reached along the creek
upstream and downstream from the gage on Creek Road.
At 12 feet, flood Stage is reached and minor flooding begins.
Flooding begins along Sells Lane in Trenton, Mason Road near Rising
Fawn and Creek Road near New England. In addition, minor flooding of
pasture and grazing land begins along the flood plain. Minor flooding
of the creek can also be expected much further downstream as it
crosses the Tennessee border into the Tiftona area.
At 13 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.
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