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North Georgia flash-flood emergency

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    River tops 1990 record as rescues continue in McCaysville and Copperhill

    The river crested just above its 1990 record, but the end of the rain did not end evacuations, water rescues or dangerous flooding along the Georgia–Tennessee border.

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    Earliest sourcefox5atlanta.com

    What we knew first

    • The river crested just above the record set in 1990, according to the National Weather Service account reported by CNN.

Who reported

Who reported

11 outlets · 28 sources

9 of 11 had reported by this moment

Who reported what

Points more than one outlet reported

Points only one outlet reported3

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Timeline

Timeline

Day 1 · 1 report

  1. First to report

  2. A Copperhill flash flood emergency bulletin reported homes and businesses underwater and being evacuated. The Ocoee was at Major Flood Stage, then three feet below its all-time peak.

  3. The Copperhill warning was extended to 9 a.m. EST, with catastrophic flooding continuing.

  4. A Weather Service bulletin declared a flash flood emergency for McCaysville and extended its warning to 9 a.m. EST.

Who's involved

Who's involved

People

  • Michael EarleyCollege baseball head coach for Texas A&M

Organizations

  • National Weather ServiceU.S. forecasting agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Places

  • Copperhill
  • McCaysville