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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1132 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008



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EMANUEL GA-

1132 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR

EMANUEL COUNTY...



AT 1129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT RAIN TAPERING OFF IN EASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN 

IS ENDING...RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING 

WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH 130 AM. 



EMANUEL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

DUE TO FAST MOVING WATER 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE ROADS EAST AND 

NORTH OF SWAINSBORO. HIGHWAY 56 NEAR OLD WADLEY ROAD IS 

CLOSED...CANOOCHEE ROAD IS CLOSED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO... 

AND LAMBS BRIDGE ROAD ON THE CANOOCHEE CREEK BRIDGE IS CLOSED. 



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.



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.



IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

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



LAT...LON 3252 8213 3249 8216 3247 8218 3243 8218

      3241 8219 3273 8243 3284 8231 3282 8226

      3266 8218 3255 8209



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