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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1015 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA 

FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY... 



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR 

TONIGHT AND MONDAY REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR 

THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE...FROM 

HAMILTON...TO BUTLER...VIENNA...AND CORDELE.



THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...SCHLEY... 

HARRIS...TALBOT...MACON...MUSCOGEE...DOOLY...STEWART...TAYLOR... 

WEBSTER...SUMTER...CRISP...MARION...AND CHATTAHOOCHEE.



TROPICAL STORM BARRY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH TOWARD THE FLORIDA 

PANHANDLE AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH 

MONDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT...BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF 

GEORGIA AND ALABAMA...WILL THEN FORCE THE TROPICAL STORM TO TAKE A 

TURN TO THE NORTHWEST...AND EVENTUALLY TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST.  IN 

DOING SO...THIS WILL KEEP THE CENTER OF BARRY AND THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WEST OF GEORGIA ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND EVENTUALLY INTO 

MISSISSIPPI. NONETHELESS...SPIRAL BANDS OF HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN 

SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND 

THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. BY LATE 

MONDAY...SOME AREAS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA COULD RECEIVE FROM 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN.



AS ALWAYS WITH TROPICAL STORMS...THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF 

UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE PATH AND THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY 

IN LIGHT OF THE WEAK STEERING CURRENTS CURRENTLY PRESENT ACROSS THE 

SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THUS RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD KEEP 

ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS REGARDING THIS STORM.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER

DRAINAGE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS.

THESE RISES ARE USUALLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY

SATURATED GROUND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN

ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO

CROSS FLOODED AREAS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER ON FOOT...THE CURRENT 

MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SWEEP YOU AWAY. STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA 

WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER

INFORMATION...INCLUDING STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING 

THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. 



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