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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

501 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008



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PUTNAM GA-MORGAN GA-

501 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR

MORGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...



AT 458 AM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 

PARTS OF NORTH PUTNAM COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA OF NORTWEST PUTNAM COUNTY SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTH MORGAN COUNTY WHERE 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND JUST 

NORTH OF GODFREY. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN LITTLE RIVER...BIG INDIAN CREEK 

AND LITTLE INDIAN CREEK IN SOUTH MORGAN COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST PUTNAM 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.



LAT...LON 3331 8337 3330 8353 3343 8353 3343 8352

      3344 8355 3351 8355 3355 8339

TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 180DEG 0KT 3348 8351



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