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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

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GILMER GA-
1155 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GILMER COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR
GILMER COUNTY...

AT 1146 AM EST...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED ACROSS GILMER
COUNTY BUT RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT RECORD FLOOD LEVELS...
PARTICULARLY ALONG THE CARTECAY AND COOSAWATTEE RIVERS.

A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GILMER COUNTY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 1/2 INCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT
NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 8437 3480 8431 3472 8425 3467 8425
      3464 8421 3461 8421 3460 8426 3457 8426
      3458 8433 3455 8437 3455 8447 3456 8447
      3455 8449 3457 8450 3455 8452 3455 8465
      3474 8465 3478 8464 3482 8458 3485 8461

$$

DJN
