Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
429 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

GAC047-083-295-060045-
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WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-DADE GA-
429 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
DADE...CATOOSA AND WALKER COUNTIES...

THE CATOOSA COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS THE WATER FROM BLACK  
BRANCH WAS FLOODING THE PARKING LOT OF THE BATTLEWOOD APARTMENTS     
OFF FANT DRIVE IN FORT OGLETHORPE. SOME EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING   
AS THE WATER LEVEL WAS REACHING THE STEPS OF SOME OF THE            
APARTMENTS.

THE DADE COUNTY DEPUTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS ALL CREEKS WERE 
RISING RAPIDLY IN THE COUNTY AND SEVERAL OF THEM WERE BEGINNING TO 
FLOOD PORTIONS OF ROADS. BARRICADES ARE IN PLACE. A HOUSE NEAR 
GEORGIA HIGHWAY 136 WAS SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM GULCH CREEK.

THE WALKER COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS SEVERAL FLOOD PRONE 
CREEKS WERE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AND AFFECTING ROADS. BARRICADES 
ARE IN PLACE.

AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER ALL OF DADE AND 
CATOOSA AND THE NORTH HALF OF WALKER COUNTIES SINCE 400 AM EDT THIS 
MORNING. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ASSOCIATED 
WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE ENDS BY TUESDAY MORNING.

FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
RINGGOLD...FORT OGLETHORPE...CHICKAMAUGA...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND 
TRENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8498 3493 8500 3482 8509 3482 8513
      3471 8517 3459 8527 3459 8554 3499 8561

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
658 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

GAC047-083-295-060045-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110906T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-DADE GA-
658 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
DADE...CATOOSA AND WALKER COUNTIES...

THE CATOOSA COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS THE LOWER LEVEL OF 
SOME OF THE BATTLEWOOD APARTMENTS OFF FANT DRIVE IN FORT OGLETHORPE
HAVE BEEN FLOODED BY BLACK BRANCH. COUNTY OFFICIALS EVACUATED 33 
PEOPLE AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS SETTING UP A SHELTER OVERNIGHT 
FOR 16 PEOPLE. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE IN CATOOSA 
COUNTY AS THE WEST AND SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DURING THE NIGHT.

THE DADE COUNTY DEPUTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS MOST CREEKS ARE IN 
MINOR FLOOD...BUT ARE BEGINNING TO LEVEL OFF. PORTIONS OF ROADS NEAR 
THESE CREEKS ARE FLOODED AND BARRICADES REMAIN IN PLACE. AN 
ABANDONED HOUSE NEAR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 136 HAD A FLOODED CRAWL SPACE
FROM GULCH CREEK...BUT IT HAD LEVELED OFF.

THE WALKER COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR REPORTS SEVERAL FLOOD PRONE 
CREEKS WERE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AND AFFECTING ROADS. THE WATER 
LEVEL APPEARS TO BE NO LONGER RISING...BUT BARRICADES REMAIN IN 
PLACE.

AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER ALL OF DADE AND 
CATOOSA AND THE NORTH HALF OF WALKER COUNTIES SINCE 400 AM EDT THIS 
MORNING. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE ENDS BY TUESDAY MORNING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...
FORT OGLETHORPE...CHICKAMAUGA...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND TRENTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8498 3493 8500 3482 8509 3482 8513
      3471 8517 3459 8527 3459 8554 3499 8561

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