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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
828 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-
828 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 822 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
  RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 2
  HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST RATES SEEN 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CARNESVILLE TOWARD VICTORIA BRYANT STATE PARK. CAMPERS IN THIS
  PARK SHOULD KEEP A WATCH ON RICE CREEK WHICH MAY REACH BANKFULL OR
  GO INTO FLOOD.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
  INCLUDE...CARNESVILLE...BOWMAN...CANON...ROYSTON AND VANNA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

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LAT...LON 3417 8311 3423 8308 3426 8313 3424 8317
      3426 8329 3425 8333 3433 8334 3442 8311
      3441 8306 3437 8301 3428 8298 3422 8294
      3413 8305

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KRENTZ