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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

526 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  THIS INCLUDES ADEL



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL COOK COUNTY CENTERED AROUND THE TOWN  

  OF ADEL. THIS INCLUDES THE LITTLE RIVER AT ADEL WHICH HAS RISEN 

  ABOUT ONE-HALF FOOT IN ONE HOUR. LOCAL RAIN GAUGES INDICATED      

  ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR..WITH RADAR ESTIMATES      

  EVEN HIGHER. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED IN THE  

  NEXT HOUR. THIS WOULD GENERATE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THIS AREA.  



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



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

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

  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3117 8348 3110 8345 3111 8337



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