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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

629 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



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HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-

629 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR RABUN

AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES...



AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS TOWNS AND WHITE 

COUNTIES. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH CLAYTON AND CLARKESVILLE BY 7 PM. AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA BY 730 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

CONTRIBUTE TO ONGOING FLOODING AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS TO EXCEED BANKFULL. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER 

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3499 8354 3500 8325 3474 8334 3473 8335

      3468 8335 3449 8346 3450 8355 3445 8362

      3465 8365



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