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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

115 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  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 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THE AREA OF HEAVY 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. 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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