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Officials don’t anticipate rain to affect Hamilton County schools

A Tennessee Riverpark pier is flooded as TVA spills water from the Chickamauga Dam on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority has declared 2018 the wettest year on record for the Tennessee Valley region with 67.1 inches of rainfall, surpassing a previous record of 65.1 inches set in 1973. A Tennessee Riverpark pier is flooded as TVA spills water from the Chickamauga Dam on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority has declared 2018 the wettest year on record for the Tennessee Valley region with 67.1 inches of rainfall, surpassing a previous record of 65.1 inches set in 1973.

By Meghan Mangrum February 19, 2019 1 min read

Hamilton County Schools are open Wednesday, despite heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding expected this week.

School district officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss weather forecasts, according to Hamilton County Schools spokesman Tim Hensley.

On Sunday, WRCB-TV Channel 3 meteorologist Alison Pryor predicted that the Chattanooga area will likely see between 6 to 9 inches of rain between Tuesday and Sunday.

Hensley said that lower overnight rainfall predictions hadn’t warranted a need to close schools Wednesday, but school officials will continue to monitor the weather this week.

In September, flash flooding left one dead and at least one school flooded in Soddy-Daisy.