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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
310 PM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...The National Weather Service in Morristown TN has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in Tennessee...Georgia...

  South Chickamauga Creek Near Chickamauga TN affecting Catoosa and 
  Hamilton Counties.

For the South Chickamauga...including Chickamauga TN...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 www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Monday morning at 615 AM EDT.

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310 PM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga TN.

* WHEN...From Monday morning to Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Water begins to cross Mack Smith Road in 
  Catoosa County, Georgia. Flooding begins at golf courses near the 
  confluence of South and West Chickamauga Creeks. West Chickamauga 
  Creek begins to overflow its banks, as well.
  At 19.0 feet, Water across Mack Smith Road begins to impede 
  traffic. West Chickamauga Creek overflows its banks near the 
  Georgia state line and inundates several roads and properties in 
  the area.
  At 20.0 feet, Mack Smith Road is closed. Water crosses Lovell 
  Field Loop, the access road around the north end of the airport 
  runway.
  At 21.0 feet, Mack Smith Road and Lovell Field Loop become 
  impassable. Water begins to come onto Airport Road, just north of 
  the terminal complex. West Chickamauga Creek increases to near a 
  half mile wide in places, becoming hazardous to adjacent travel in 
  East Ridge.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:15 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 8.5 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    tomorrow morning to a crest of 19.0 feet early tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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