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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1028 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024

...The National Weather Service in Tallahassee FL has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Ochlockonee River near Thomasville (US 84) affecting Grady and
  Thomas Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1100 PM EDT.

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GAC131-275-120300-
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/TMLG1.1.ER.240411T2036Z.240413T0000Z.240414T2200Z.NO/
1028 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ochlockonee River near Thomasville (US 84).

* WHEN...From this afternoon to Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Access to structures at the end of Lewis
  Land in Grady County becomes restricted above this level. At
  Dickey Ferry, water begins to approach homes near the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 11.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this afternoon to a crest of 19.1 feet tomorrow evening.
    It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    19.3 feet on 03/07/1959.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3104 8388 3092 8394 3068 8422 3069 8432
      3091 8406 3104 8396


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Godsey