FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 648 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
THE ALTAMAHA RIVER IN NORTHERN GLYNN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 600 PM EST THURSDAY DECEMBER 31ST THE STAGE AT THE ALTAMAHA
REGIONAL PARK 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERETT CITY WAS 15.05 FEET AND
NEARLY STEADY. AT 15.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS ALONG ALL ROADS
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ALTAMAHA UP TO HIGHWAY 341. WATER AFFECTS
HOMES ALONG PENNICK AND OLD JESUP ROADS AS WELL AS HOMES IN ALTAMAHA
PARK.
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15.0 FEET BY SATURDAY JANUARY
2ND AND THEN CONTINUE FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TO MONITOR THE SITUATION ON NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR ON THE INTERNET AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE...WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
LAT...LON 3132 8158 3137 8167 3145 8161 3145 8160
3139 8154
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SHULER
FREEZE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 210 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND COASTAL NORTHEAST FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR 30 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING WITH A LIGHT FREEZE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST
AND OTHER INLAND WATERWAYS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S
WITH NO FREEZE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL DROP
WIND CHILL INDICES TO AROUND 25 DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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