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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

852 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR TIFT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF

TIFTON...UNTIL 11 PM EDT.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT

URBAN FLOODING IN AND AROUND TIFTON...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 82.

DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AT 845 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED WEST INTO SOUTHERN

WORTH COUNTY...WITH A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING OVER TIFT COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE

DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS OR DRIVE THROUGH

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME AREA CREEKS

AND STREAMS HAVE SWELLED TO NEAR BANK FULL OR HAVE CRESTED...AND

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO

SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WATER LEVELS SHOULD RECEDE LATER

THIS EVENING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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