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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

406 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



SUMTER COUNTY IN GEORGIA



UNTIL 530 PM EDT.



HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH SUMTER COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM EDT...RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES FELL 

THROUGH A LARGE SWATH OF SUMTER COUNTY EXTENDING FROM PLAINS TO 

AMERICUS TO ANDERSONVILLE. DURING THE PAST 2 DAYS...DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT SOME PORTIONS OF SUMTER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 

AMERICUS AND ANDERSONVILLE...HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.



COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STREETS IN AMERICUS 

WERE FLOODED WITH THIS LATEST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. AT 406 PM 

EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED YET ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME 

THUNDERSTORMS...ENTERING THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

TOTALS THROUGH 530 PM OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL 

SIMPLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.



RESIDENTS OF SUMTER COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN 

THROUGH 530 PM.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND SECONDARY ROADS.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO

CROSS SAFELY. BE ALERT FOR ROADWAY WASHOUT.



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