Tag: flood
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UPDATE: Johnson Lake Road washout sends driver to hospital; Second washout reported
Update: A second washout was reported this evening by Polk County Police on a local roadway as impacts from flooding continue across the area. Police posted on Facebook this evening that a small portion of Runyon Road had sluffed off and left another sinkhole on a county roadway, near the intersection with Antioch Road. They’re…
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Floodwaters rise after day of rain
It has become a tradition of sorts over recent years: at least one storm pushes through the region, leaving behind inches of rain and causing floodwaters to rise sometime during the winter. Over the past few years those rains came during the opening days of the year. This year, Mother Nature waited until mid-February to…
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HERE COMES HURRICANE HELENE
STAY OFF ROADWAYS AS STORM APPROACHES DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION The path of Hurricane Helene has shifted slightly eastward toward Metro Atlanta for the eye of the tropical storm (predicted) to pass over and miss Polk, but only by a bit. Hurricane Helene is set to make landfall tonight in the Big…
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UPDATE: Paulding, surrounding area under Tropical Storm Warning
As Hurricane Helene moved into the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon, the National Weather Service upgraded Paulding County from a Tropical Storm Watch to a Tropical Storm Warning as the storm intensified. Parts of South and Central Georgia have also been upgraded to a Hurricane Warning as well amid the increased tracking forecast that places…
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WEATHER: Wind advisory remains until tomorrow AM, flood watch underway until 5 p.m. Friday
The wind has been gusty and cool all day long, and it’ll stay that way through the rest of the evening and into Friday morning as the National Weather Service keeps a wind advisory in place until Friday morning. However the real threat coming this way is increased rainfall as the NWS in Peachtree City…
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UPDATE: Flood watch extended to early Sunday, showers to start moving off this evening
The National Weather Service late in the week extended the flood watch to Sunday morning at 1 a.m., and for good reason as Polk County gets a good washout from another round of rains. Based on forecasts from the Peachtree City office of the NWS, the system pushing through heading into the afternoon hours should…
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Floodwaters were still high this afternoon following stormy weather impacting Polk County on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning. Seaborn Jones Park still underwater this afternoon
Anyone who was hoping to enjoy the Silver Comet Trail this evening before the sun went down were in for a rude surprise on the east side of the county, as the entire area around Seaborn Jones Park in downtown Rockmart was underwater. Euharlee Creek was well above its normal banks and just maybe a…