The Chattahoochee River near South Cobb Drive in Cobb County is under a flood warning from the National Weather Service and is expected reach flood stage, forecast to continue through this afternoon. At 5 a.m. this morning, the level was already 19.3 feet and rising. The flood stage is 25 feet.
…The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia…
Chattahoochee River at GA 280 near Atlanta affecting Fulton and
Cobb Counties.
For the Chattahoochee River Basin…including Helen, Dahlonega,
Cornelia, Buford, Buford, Suwanee, Suwanee, Chattahoochee River
upstream McGinnis Ferry Rd, Norcross, Chattahoochee River above
Roswell, Roswell, Powers Ferry & I285 Atlanta, Smyrna, Chattahoochee
River below Morgan Falls Dam, Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta,
Fairburn, Whitesburg, Fairplay, Whitesburg, Whitesburg, Franklin,
Corinth, Hammett Rd below Hogansville, Franklin, West Point,
Columbus, Union, Omaha…Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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 afternoon at 530 PM EST.
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528 AM EST Wed Mar 6 2024
…FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS EVENING…
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Chattahoochee River at GA 280 near Atlanta.
* WHEN…From this morning to late this evening.
* IMPACTS…At 24 feet, Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding
occurs of the woodlands and fields in the natural flood plain
upstream and downstream from the gage on South Cobb Drive. The
water level reaches the railroad tracks in the industrial area on
both…
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