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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

537 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  EASTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN 

AND INTENSE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING PERSISTS ACROSS NORTHEAST 

MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN TOOMBS...EASTERN TREUTLEN...AND SOUTHWESTERN 

EMANUEL COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST 

OVER THE SAME AREAS.  THUS...THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING IS 

PARTICULARLY A CONCERN. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

LOCALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS DURING THE 

PAST HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 630 PM. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADS CAN BE 

EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SOPERTON...NUNEZ...OAK 

PARK...LYONS...AND SANTA CLAUS.



WHEN DRIVING IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF SEVERELY 

REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ALERT FOR AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...THE WATER MAY BE 

TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO PROCEED SAFELY.



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