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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1132 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008



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WHITE GA-

1132 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR POSSIBLE FAILURE OF WENDY LAKE DAM IN 

CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT...



AT 1132 PM EDT...A HOLE AT THE BASE OF WENDY LAKE DAM CONTINUES TO 

ALLOW WATER TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM INTO JENNYS CREEK... GLADES CREEK 

AND TOWN CREEK. THE DAM IS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

CLEVELAND. WATER LEVELS IN JENNYS CREEK...GLADES CREEK AND TOWN 

CREEK ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS AS THE LAKE SLOWLY 

DRAINS DOWN.  



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER ALONG JENNYS CREEK...GLADES CREEK AND TOWN 

CREEK IF THE DAM WAS TO COMPLETELY FAIL. SO FAR...THE FLOW OF WATER 

OUT OF THE DAM HAS BEEN STEADY ENOUGH TO PREVENT RAPID RISES OF 

WATER.



AT THIS TIME...FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS DOWN 

STREAM ALONG STANSEL ROAD... CREEKSIDE DRIVE... SPOTTED FAWN LANE... 

DEER WOODS TRAIL... MOOREWOOD VALLEY TRAIL... DANIEL DRIVE... MARTIN 

DRIVE... CADY LANE AND TOWN CREEK ROAD SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND 

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM LOCAL 

OFFICIALS.  



THERE ARE TWO ROADS THAT CROSS JENNYS CREEK...SPOTTED FAWN ROAD AND 

DEER WOODS TRAIL. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL APPROACHING THESE AREAS AS 

THE ROADWAYS COULD BECOME INUNDATED WITH RISING WATER.  



REMEMBER...AT NIGHT IT IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS 

OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



LAT...LON 3462 8376 3459 8376 3459 8380 3461 8380



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