000 WGUS62 KTAE 302240 CCA FFATAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 630 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 GAZ129-020000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0001.090330T2230Z-090402T0000Z/ /00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TIFT- 630 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR A POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE IN TIFT COUNTY GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LITTLE RIVER BELOW THE EARTHEN DAM WHICH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF US HWY 319 AND KELL ROAD...3 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF TIFT IN TIFTON COUNTY GEORGIA. * FROM 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 400 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE EARTHEN DAM HAS A POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL CONCERN. * MCINNIS MILLS SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY BELOW THIS DAM MAY BE SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING SHOULD THIS DAM FAIL. PEOPLE IN THIS LOW LYING SUBDIVISION BELOW THE DAM SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AND STAY ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ...AND ADDITIONAL FORECAST RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WHICH IS QUITE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...COULD LEAD TO SUDDEN FAILURE OF THIS EARTHEN DAM. ALL INTERESTS LIVING IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. DAM SAFETY EXPERTS...WITH STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES... ARE MONITORING THE DAM AND WILL ISSUE A PUBLIC STATEMENT AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PLAN NOW SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. KEEP INFORMED BY LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. $$ 17-GOULD