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Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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507 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN POLK...PAULDING...
COBB AND HARALSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM EDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING SCATTERED AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER FLOYD AND POLK COUNTIES. THESE AREAS WERE
SLOWLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF A
QUICK INCH OR MORE OF RAIN THROUGH 600 PM EDT.

ADDITIONALLY...MORE HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
NORTH OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA IS SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTH. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO POLK...PAULDING...COBB AND HARALSON COUNTIES
AFTER 600 PM EDT AND IF THEY DONT WEAKEN...THEY COULD PRODUCE
ANOTHER ROUND OF FLASH FLOODING. REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

THROUGH 600 PM EDT...RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY SHOWERS COULD CAUSE
TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
ACROSS FLOYD COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CAVE SPRING...
LINDALE... ROME...COOSA...ARMUCHEE...SENEY...SHANNON AND PINSON.

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LAT...LON 3408 8447 3407 8442 3398 8437 3391 8445
      3383 8445 3375 8457 3380 8463 3378 8483
      3381 8493 3381 8503 3379 8536 3408 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 296DEG 23KT 3400 8486

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