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501 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FRIDAY FOR HARRIS...PIKE...UPSON...TROUP...MERIWETHER...LAMAR...SPALDING... FAYETTE...TALBOT AND SOUTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTIES... AT 459 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN COWETA AND NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES SINCE 2 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM IN THE WARNED AREA. THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF OVER AREAS FURTHER SOUTH...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FILL LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS THROUGH THE MORNING.

* AFFECTED AREAS: TROUP

Instructions:

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.