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Flash Flood Warning

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Gilmer, GA; Pickens, GA

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

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The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Gilmer County in north central Georgia... Northeastern Pickens County in north central Georgia...
* Until 515 AM EDT.
* At 1118 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Jasper, Talking Rock, Talona, Sequoyah Lake and Lake Tamarack.
This includes the following streams and drainages... Turkey Creek, Davis Creek, Coosawattee River, Gunstock Branch, Pickett Branch, Amicalola Creek, East Branch Long Swamp Creek, Hinton Creek, Cartecay River, Fausett Creek, Hobson Creek, Long Swamp Creek, Mountaintown Creek, Scarecorn Creek, Sharp Mountain Creek, Disharoon Creek, Town Creek, Pettit Creek, Talking Rock Creek, Price Creek, Talona Creek, Flat Creek, Fisher Creek and Fir Creek.
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