

000 

WGUS72 KGSP 251314

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

914 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



GAC137-241-257-SCC073-251745-

/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080825T1745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-OCONEE SC-

914 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN OCONEE...SOUTHERN RABUN...HABERSHAM AND NORTHERN STEPHENS

COUNTIES...



AT 913 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN WAS 

STILL FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF RAINFALL UP TO 6.8 

INCHES IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT SEVERAL STREAMS HAVE COME OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS AND ARE FLOODING ROADS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

TURNERSVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...AND LONG CREEK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF PANTHER AND BRASSTOWN CREEKS 

ALONG WITH THE CHATTOOGA AND TUGALO RIVERS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3471 8363 3476 8363 3481 8366 3490 8319

      3458 8318 3447 8365 3453 8365 3454 8364

      3455 8364 3467 8366



$$



PAT

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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 251314

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

914 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



GAC137-241-257-SCC073-251745-

/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080825T1745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-OCONEE SC-

914 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN OCONEE...SOUTHERN RABUN...HABERSHAM AND NORTHERN STEPHENS

COUNTIES...



AT 913 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN WAS 

STILL FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF RAINFALL UP TO 6.8 

INCHES IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT SEVERAL STREAMS HAVE COME OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS AND ARE FLOODING ROADS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

TURNERSVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...AND LONG CREEK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF PANTHER AND BRASSTOWN CREEKS 

ALONG WITH THE CHATTOOGA AND TUGALO RIVERS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3471 8363 3476 8363 3481 8366 3490 8319

      3458 8318 3447 8365 3453 8365 3454 8364

      3455 8364 3467 8366



$$



PAT

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