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Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY.

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

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1047 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE COOSA RIVER NEAR PLANT HAMMOND.
* AT 7 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 572.5 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 570 FEET.
* AT 573 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS AND EXPANDS FURTHER INTO
  THE WOODLANDS...FIELDS AND PASTURES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM AND
  DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE BEHIND PLANT HAMMOND. THE PARKING LOT NEAR
  THE INTAKES BEHIND THE PLANT BEGINS TO FLOOD.


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