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235 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 223 PM EDT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA.
NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED...AND ARE IMPASSABLE. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS SITUATION! ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. UP TO ANOTHER TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CHATTOOGA
RIVER...LITTLE ARMUCHEE CREEK AND CANE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN AN
AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
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LAT...LON 3467 8549 3477 8545 3478 8534 3477 8514
3473 8517 3472 8505 3462 8505 3461 8475
3463 8473 3460 8472 3458 8466 3441 8465
3439 8496 3440 8509 3446 8511 3438 8533
3430 8539 3429 8547 3463 8554
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON
428 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FIVE INCHES
OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
* FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST
GEORGIA AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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