**(FLOOD WARNING)** in effect for **(HABERSHAM COUNTY)** thru **(1230PM SUNDAY MARCH 6, 2011)**.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
949 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
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HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-MACON NC-OCONEE SC-
949 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
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 1230 PM EST
* AT 944 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BASE OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF
FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH NOON. HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING THROUGHOUT HABERSHAM...RABUN...NORTHERN OCONEE...AND
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER
THE PAST 24 HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THROUGH
THE LATE MORNING HOURS BEFORE RECEDING THIS AFTERNOON.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY INDICATED BY STREAM GAGES ALONG THE SOQUE
RIVER AT ROUTE 197 NEAR CLARKESVILLE IN HABERSHAM COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS FROM MOUNTAIN CITY TO
CLAYTON IN RABUN COUNTY...FROM HIGHLANDS TO SCALY IN SOUTHERN MACON
COUNTY...AND FROM SALEM TO THE HIGHER PEAKS OF NORTHWEST OCONEE
COUNTY. DEEP STANDING AND RUNNING WATER ARE LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS
THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.
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. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
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 3449 8346 3448 8356 3443 8362
3449 8366 3454 8364 3460 8365 3476 8363
3477 8367 3480 8368
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SAME: ZCZC-WXR-FLW-013137-013241-037113-045073+0230-0651449-CL001 -
Event duration expressed in local time (Eastern Standard Time):
Starting: Sun 03/6/2011 09:49
Ending: Sun 03/6/2011 12:19
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