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Weather Alert Detail

  • Flood Warning for Floyd County, Georgia
  • Flood Warning issued May 23 at 1:19PM EDT until further notice by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 1:19 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 3:19 a.m.
  • ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...
    COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY
    THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
    THE COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND.
    * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
    * AT 7 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 572.2 FEET AND FALLING.
    * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 570 FEET.
    * AT 572 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE
    WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND
    DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE BEHIND PLANT HAMMOND. THE WATER REACHES
    THE PARKING LOT LEVEL NEAR THE INTAKES BEHIND THE PLANT.