Headline:
Flood Warning issued September 27 at 1:51PM EDT until September 28 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 10:51am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 11:00pm
Description:
...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...
Etowah River at GA 1 Loop near Rome affecting Floyd County.
For the Etowah River Basin...including Landrum, Russell Creek
downstream of Head Lake Dawsonville, Dawsonville, Dawsonville,
Dawsonville, Ball Ground, Matt, Canton, Old GA 5 below Ball Ground,
Canton, Canton, Waleska, Woodstock, Noonday Creek above Chastain
Meadows Pkwy Marietta, Woodstock, Woodstock, Kennesaw, Acworth,
Allatoona Dam above Cartersville, Dallas, Cartersville, Rockmart,
Kingston, Kingston, Rome, Rome...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Etowah River at GA 1 Loop near Rome.
* WHEN...From this evening to tomorrow afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 34 feet, Minor flooding continues as the Grizzard
Park athletic fields begin to flood on the right bank.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:00 PM EDT Friday the stage was 26.7 feet and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 34.4 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
morning.
- Flood stage is 32 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Floyd, GA
Forcast Office:
NWS Peachtree City GA