Massive flooding occurred with the 2009 Atlanta floods , and Noses Creek rose to double its flood stage , along with many other streams in the area . It inundated the transmitter facility for WDWD AM 590 , putting it off the air for a week while disaster recovery specialists cleaned and dried the radio transmitter and other equipment , which was turned off just before the flood . Immediately across the creek , Clarkdale Elementary School was submerged nearly up to its roof , with students evacuated in ankle-deep water earlier in the day . The building was ruined and is awaiting demolition , and will be rebuilt at another location , although the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the original location was acceptable due to being outside the 100-year floodplain . The flood was considered to be of a level that would occur once in 500 to 10,000 years
2009 Atlanta floods
2009 Southeastern United States floods
Noses Creek