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GAZ130-131-210015-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

616 PM EDT FRI JUL 20 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM

EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR BEN HILL AND IRWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

GEORIGA. 



THE COMBINATION OF THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE...A SOUTHWARD MOVING 

COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUED TO 

GENERATE TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS IRWIN AND BEN HILL COUNTIES IN SOUTH 

WEST GEORGIA. DOPPLER ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES 

OF RAIN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THESE COUNTIES...AND UP TO ONE INCH 

OR RAIN...POSSIBLY MORE IS POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS DURING THE 

REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER 

SUNDOWN.  



PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IS EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD

REDUCE SPEEDS TO AVOID POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.



CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO SWELL

QUICKLY. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY

CAUSE FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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