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WGUS82 KGSP 111238
FLSGSP
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
738 AM EST WED DEC 11 2024
GAC137-120015-
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HABERSHAM GA-
738 AM EST WED DEC 11 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF HABERSHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
* WHEN...UNTIL 715 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO STREAMS
AND OTHER POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS, INCLUDING FARMLAND, PARKS,
GREENWAYS, BOAT-ACCESS AREAS, GOLF COURSES, UNDERPASSES, AND
PARKING LOTS. ISOLATED, SHALLOW FLOWS OVER ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE.
A FEW FLOOD-PRONE, LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 727 AM EST, BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS THE SOQUE RIVER WATERSHED FROM
BATESVILLE TO CLARKESVILLE TO DEMOREST. THIS HAS RESULTED IN
A LENGTHY PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLOWS INTO THE SOQUE
RIVER AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING SUTTON MILL AND
BEAVERDAM CREEKS. THE SOQUE RIVER IS CURRENTLY ABOVE
ACTION/ADVISORY STAGE, RESULTING IN NUISANCE FLOODING OF
ADJACENT LOW-LYING AREAS. HIGH FLOWS ARE LIKELY CAUSING
FLOODING OF PITTS CITY PARK.
THE FOLLOWING STREAMGAUGE IS ABOVE ACTION/ADVISORY STAGE,
RESULTING IN NUISANCE FLOODING ALONG THE SOQUE RIVER...
ID: CSQG1
NAME: AT GA 197 NEAR CLARKESVILLE
CURRENT STAGE: 10.97 FEET
ACTION/ADVISORY STAGE: 11.00 FEET
MINOR FLOOD STAGE: 14.00 FEET
CREST: NOT OCCURRED
TREND: RISING STEADILY
ESTIMATED FORECAST: THE SOQUE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO A
CREST BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.5 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. THE
RIVER WILL BEGIN A GRADUAL RECESSION INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
AND WILL FALL BACK BELOW ACTION/ADVISORY STAGE LATER TODAY.
IMPACTS: AT 12.0 FEET, ACTION/ADVISORY STAGE FLOODING
CONTINUES. RIVER IS FLOODING PITTS CITY PARK WITH UP TO 1
FOOT OF INUNDATION.
- NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE NUISANCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...
CLARKESVILLE AND DEMOREST.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3465 8353 3472 8360 3473 8359 3473 8357
3472 8355 3469 8353 3465 8349 3462 8349
3453 8361 3454 8362 3455 8362 3456 8363
3457 8363 3460 8358 3462 8355
JMP
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