NWS issues Flood Warning for West Chickamauga Creek Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon

Fort Oglethorpe, GA (WDEF) – The National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued a Flood Warning for the West Chickamauga Creek near Fort Oglethorpe affecting Catoosa and Hamilton Counties from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning.

        From the National Weather Service:

* At 245 PM Tuesday the stage was 6 feet…and rising.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 11 feet.
* Forecast to rise above flood stage by Wednesday evening and continue to rise to near 11.1 feet by early Thursday morning. The creek will fall below flood stage by Thursday morning.
* At 11 feet…Flood Stage is reached. Minor flooding begins of woodlands and fields near the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on the Georgia Highway 146 or Cloud Springs Road bridge. Minor flooding of the creek can also be expected further downstream as it crosses the Tennessee border into the south East Ridge area.