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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
203 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

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ELBERT GA-HART GA-
203 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 158 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OVER HART AND NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTIES...AND THESE
RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 3 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY FROM RUCKERSVILLE TO
HARTWELL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ELBERT AND HART COUNTY BORDER.
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE MORE LIKELY ALONG GUM LOG BRANCH AND COLDWATER
CREEK SOUTH OF NUBERG...AS WELL AS BEAVERDAM CREEK AT HORSE FARM
ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8304 3415 8307 3417 8311 3423 8309
      3427 8313 3428 8310 3441 8310 3449 8305
      3447 8301 3449 8290 3447 8288 3437 8284
      3434 8280 3425 8274 3415 8272 3413 8267
      3405 8296

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