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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008



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LUMPKIN GA-

638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR

LUMPKIN COUNTY...



AT 633 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN OVER 

LUMPKIN COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO THE ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

THAT FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GARLAND AND 

DAHLONEGA...ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CROOKED CREEK.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS...FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3460 8406 3453 8387 3442 8397 3449 8413



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