Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
12:43 pm EDT, Sat., Sep. 26, 2009

… A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR MURRAY… WHITFIELD… SOUTHEASTERN WALKER… WESTERN GORDON… EASTERN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES…

AT 1228 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TO SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FROM CHATSWORTH AND DALTON THROUGH CALHOUN TO ROME. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE TRAINING OVER THEMSELVES. THIS HAS BEGUN TO CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM TILTON TO DALTON TO CHATSWORTH THIS MORNING.

THE MILL CREEK IN DALTON AND THE CONASAUGA RIVER AT TILTON AND ETON ARE RISING SHARPLY. AT 1215 PM EDT… KEITHS MILL ON THE COAHULLA CREEK HAD REACHED 14.9 FEET… AND IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHATSWORTH… ETON… TUNNEL HILL… VARNELL AND COHUTTA.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS… RIVERS… OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.

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