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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

227 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOKS COUNTY IN GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES QUITMAN

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES VALDOSTA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



* AT 212 PM EDT (112 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF BROOKS COUNTY MOVING 

EAST TOWARD LOWNDES COUNTY. BROOKS COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED 

WATER COVERING OVER FIFTY ROADS IN THE COUNTY. ONLY AN INCH OR TWO 

OF RAIN WILL BE NECESSARY TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS IN LOWNDES 

COUNTY AS WELL.



* 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.



LAT...LON 3076 8372 3064 8336 3065 8314 3099 8319

          3096 8374



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