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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

348 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005



GAC137-241-257-072145-

RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-STEPHENS GA-

348 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR STEPHENS...

HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES...



AT 338 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS IN 

HABERSHAM COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE 

CLARKESVILLE AREA. SMALL STREAMS AROUND CLARKESVILLE ARE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS AND SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THE STREAMS MOST LIKELY 

AFFECTED INCLUDE SUTTON MILL CREEK...BEAVER DAM CREEK...SOQUEE 

RIVER...AND HAZEL CREEK. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE RELAYED THE CLOSING 

OF THE FOLLOWING ROADS DUE TO FLOODING AND WASHED OUT 

EMBANKMENTS...HABERSHAM MILLS ROAD...WILSON ROAD...THE INTERSECTION 

OF HIGHWAY 17 AND WINDING STAIRS ROAD...SAVANNAH DRIVE...AIRPORT 

ROAD...AND PARDUE MILL ROAD.  



FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN STEPHENS AND RABUN COUNTIES THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE 

BEEN WELL ABOVE FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLDS. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN 

HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS REPORTED 6.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 18 

HOURS AT HER HOME IN CLARKESVILLE AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE 

UNCOMMON ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 



THE LATEST REGIONAL AND LOCAL RADAR TRENDS INDICATE LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA WELL INTO 

THE EVENING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL...MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS 

CERTAINLY PROBABLE.         



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TALLULAH 

FALLS...PINE 

MOUNTAIN...LAKEMONT...DILLARD...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...BATESVILLE 

AND MOUNTAIN CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3446 8363 3447 8323 3452 8310 3472 8337

      3502 8311 3500 8353 3484 8366



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