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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1155 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

UNTIL 115 AM EDT...



  PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA





AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES WITH 

MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN INDICATED. RAINFALL RATES WERE 

GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH OR LESS PER HOUR. THE RAIN AREA WAS SHOWING 

LITTLE MOVEMENT. OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS RADAR ESTIMATED POSSIBLY AS 

MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN WILKES AND 

NORTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE REST OF THE 

WARNED

COUNTIES. COUNTY 911 CENTERS HAVE REPORTED MANY ROADS UNDER WATER 

AND SOME ROADS WASHED OUT. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN APPEARS TO BE LESSENING 

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL

HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

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