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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

1138 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES GEORGETOWN

  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN GEORGIA



* UNTIL 345 AM EST...



* AT 1133 PM EST(1033 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR INDICATED ACCUMULATIONS OF RAINFALL RANGING 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES

  APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE.  THOUGH RAINFALL HAS

  NEARLY ENDED...RUNOFF WILL TAKE TIME TO DRAIN.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3193 8472 3191 8472 3179 8492 3176 8516

          3199 8508 3193 8491



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