**(FLOOD WARNING)** in effect for **(NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY)** thru **(10 AM SUNDAY MARCH 6, 2011)**. 
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EST
* AT 409 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AUTOMATED
GAUGES INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF RABUN COUNTY...SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN
OCONEE COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AND
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OR RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. THE CHATTOOGA RIVER AT BURRELLS FORD WAS NEARING BANKFULL.
ROADS IN THIS AREA ARE LIKELY TO START TO FLOOD WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3497 8352 3509 8357 3509 8316 3506 8316
3499 8310 3504 8293 3484 8292 3466 8330
3468 8335 3463 8339 3457 8351 3464 8363
3469 8365 3476 8363 3477 8367 3480 8368
$$
SAME: ZCZC-WXR-FFW-013137-013241-037113-045073+0530-0650917-CL001 -
Event duration expressed in local time (Eastern Standard Time):
Starting: Sun 03/6/2011 04:17
Ending: Sun 03/6/2011 09:47
Address/Location
Habersham County
130 Jacobs Way
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-778-3911
Melanie Bellinger
Habersham Communications
[email protected]
706-778-3911