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Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EST FRI MAR 1 2013

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

  OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON AFFECTING MONTGOMERY...TREUTLEN AND
  WHEELER COUNTIES.

.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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GAC209-283-309-020925-
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225 PM EST FRI MAR 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT 2 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.7 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.3 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 16 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. THE FLOOD PLAIN BECOMES
  FLOODED. THESE CONDITIONS AFFECT MAINLY GRAZING LAND AND
  TIMBERLANDS. FLOOD WATERS REACH TOP OF BOAT RAMP ON WHEELER COUNTY
  SIDE OF OCONEE RIVER.


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