FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 109 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EST
* AT 1 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN
MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 6
HOURS BETWEEN ONE TO 2 INCHES. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE
LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
THE CREEKS AND SOME ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY FLOOD ESPECIALLY IN
ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE IS POOR DRAINAGE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN RABUN
AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
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 3471 8363 3477 8365 3490 8363 3495 8356
3498 8356 3508 8337 3518 8287 3503 8273
3475 8269 3451 8300 3450 8307 3453 8311
3450 8315 3447 8348 3452 8366 3454 8364
3466 8367
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1222 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO TO THE
COAST OF THE CAROLINAS TODAY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THE DAY. THE
WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET GROUND WILL RESULT IS
SCATTERED FALLEN TREES AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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