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.

What is in the Flood warning statement?

The following text is from the flood warning alert:

…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 sides of the river near the bridge.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…

  – At 5:00 AM EST Wednesday the stage was 19.3 feet and rising.

  – Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this morning to a crest of 25.2 feet this afternoon. It

    will then fall below flood stage late this afternoon.

  – Flood stage is 24 feet.

  – http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT…LON 3383 8449 3382 8442 3372 8455 3376 8460

About the National Weather Service

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The NWS describes its role as follows:

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