FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 759 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FITZGERALD...
IRWIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OCILLA...
TIFT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TIFTON...
TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHBURN...
WORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SYLVESTER...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...ELBA...
DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...DALEVILLE...
GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GENEVA...
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...DOTHAN...
COTTONWOOD...
BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORGAN...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT GAINES...
DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PUTNEY...ALBANY...
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAKELY...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEESBURG...
MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLQUITT...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...CAMILLA...
SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CUTHBERT...
TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DAWSON...
* UNTIL 345 PM EST TUESDAY/245 PM CST TUESDAY/
* AT 749 AM EST/649 AM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL APPROACHING THE
AREA FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND
1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 CREEKS...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 WATER TO SWEEP MOST CARS AWAY.
LAT...LON 3188 8434 3192 8432 3190 8393 3185 8394
3181 8382 3185 8318 3177 8299 3147 8313
3148 8333 3133 8346 3134 8399 3108 8401
3108 8501 3099 8619 3163 8614 3163 8543
3172 8542 3172 8522 3187 8513 3196 8444
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1022 AM EST MON DEC 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE FLINT RIVER AT NEWTON.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 9:45 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 25.1 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS.
FLD OBSERVED 7AM EST / 8AM EDT FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN
FLINT RIVER
NEWTON 24 16.9 TUE 10 AM 20.2 23.0 25.0 25.0 24.6
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DUGGAN
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 335 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009
/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN
GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...CALHOUN...CLAY...DOUGHERTY...
EARLY...IRWIN...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
TERRELL...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH.
* FROM NOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS...WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME
AREAS RECEIVED UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES MAY
OCCUR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE FLOODING
CONCERNS ACROSS THESE WET AREAS AND AROUND RIVERS THAT ARE
ALREADY ELEVATED.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN CITIES...LOW-
LYING RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREAS...AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN WATER AT
SUCH LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. FLOODED ROADS CAN
BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS...AS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO
SEE HOW DEEP STANDING WATER IS ON ROADWAYS. THIS DANGER IS
ENHANCED AT NIGHTTIME.
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