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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

819 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THOMAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE...

  GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAIRO...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE   

BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY   

CONTINUING TO IMPACT MUCH OF THOMAS AND GRADY COUNTIES AS IT MOVES 

NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR WITH ISOLATED RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES SINCE FRIDAY MORNING ARE GENERALLY 15 TO 20 INCHES IN THE 

WARNING AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 INCHES.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHIGHAM... 

  OCHLOCKNEE AND COOLIDGE.



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

  OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

  GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS

  SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

  UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO

  SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

  IN AUTOMOBILES.



* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

  FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



* REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

  IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE

  NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

  THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3067 8377 3071 8434 3105 8434 3107 8418

      3105 8400 3104 8400 3104 8386 3104 8379

      3102 8379 3103 8377



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