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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

1017 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and 

increased in duration 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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1017 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



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



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is 

  forecast.



* WHERE...Coosawattee River near Ellijay.



* WHEN...Until this evening.



* IMPACTS...At 10 feet, Moderate flooding begins. Flood water 

  surrounds the American Legion Post 82 on Legion Road...and affects 

  the Georgia Power Substation next to the Post.  Significant 

  flooding expands over the Harold Hefner River Park...including the 

  athletic fields and walking trail.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 9:45 AM EDT Monday the stage was 9.7 feet and rising.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.0

    feet late this morning. It will then fall below flood stage

    late this afternoon.

  - 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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