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WGUS82 KFFC 010203
FLSFFC

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1003 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...

  Coosawattee River near Ellijay affecting Gilmer County.

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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GAC123-011200-
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/ELIG1.1.ER.210901T0133Z.210901T0400Z.210901T0551Z.UU/
1003 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...The Flood Warning remains in effect...

The Flood Warning continues for
  the Coosawattee River near Ellijay.
* Until tomorrow morning.
* At 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 8.1 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 8 feet.
* Minor flooding will continue.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 8.7 feet 
  just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage 
  just after midnight tonight.
* Impact...At 9 feet, Minor flooding expands. Flooding of much of 
  the walking trail in the Harold Hefner River Park occurs. Flooding 
  of the parking lot of the Georgia Power substation at the corner 
  of Legion Road and Old Highway 5 begins.  Flooding of low lands...
  yards and parking areas...develop along a several mile stretch 
  from just downstream of Ellijay to several miles upstream...
  including the Ellijay and Cartecay Rivers.


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

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