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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

...The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Coosawattee River near Ellijay affecting Gilmer County.

For the Coosawattee River Basin...including Ellijay, Ellijay,
Ellijay, Talking Rock, Hinton, Carters, Pine Chapel, Pine Chapel...
Moderate flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/atlanta.

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430 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Coosawattee River near Ellijay.

* WHEN...From early this morning to late this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 10 feet, Moderate flooding begins. Flood water
  surrounds the American Legion Post 82 on Legion Road...and affects
  the Georgia Power Substation next to the Post.  Significant
  flooding expands over the Harold Hefner River Park...including the
  athletic fields and walking trail.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:00 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 8.2 feet and rising.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.3
    feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage late
    this morning.
  - Flood stage is 8 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3469 8457 3470 8452 3472 8449 3471 8446
      3465 8448 3464 8457


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