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Flash flood alert for Lowndes, Lanier, Brooks, Cook and Berrien counties

August 27, 2012 Uncategorized No Comments
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA
  AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST
  ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN
  FLORIDA...CALHOUN...CENTRAL WALTON...COASTAL BAY...COASTAL
  DIXIE...COASTAL FRANKLIN...COASTAL GULF...COASTAL JEFFERSON...
  COASTAL TAYLOR...COASTAL WAKULLA...GADSDEN...HOLMES...INLAND
  BAY...INLAND DIXIE...INLAND FRANKLIN...INLAND GULF...INLAND
  JEFFERSON...INLAND TAYLOR...INLAND WAKULLA...INLAND WALTON...
  JACKSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...SOUTH WALTON
  AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...
  BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...
  DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...
  MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...
  THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL AFFECT THE
  REGION OVERNIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. WHILE MOST
  RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
  INCHES...ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IF THE
  HEAVY RAIN BANDS SET UP OVER THE SAME LOCATION FOR MULTIPLE
  HOURS. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING
  AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LARGER CITIES...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS...AND IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST
  SEVERAL DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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