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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

616 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...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.



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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GAC123-072200-

/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0090.250407T1215Z-250407T2200Z/

/ELIG1.1.ER.250407T1215Z.250407T1400Z.250407T1540Z.UU/

616 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Coosawattee River near Ellijay.



* WHEN...Until this evening.



* IMPACTS...At 8 feet, Flood Stage is reached and minor flooding 

  begins upstream and downstream from the gage off Legion Road. Some 

  flooding will begin in low spots along the walking trail of the 

  Harold Hefner River Park and in the parking lot of the American 

  Legion Post 82 on Legion Road.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 5:45 AM EDT Monday the stage was 6.6 feet and rising.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    this morning to a crest of 8.4 feet late 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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