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Morgan County 911/Communications
Tuesday April 5th, 2022 :: 02:49 p.m. EDT

Alert

Flood Watch until 08:00AM Thursday

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central Georgia, east central Georgia, north central Georgia, northeast Georgia, southeast Georgia and west central Georgia, including the following counties, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Telfair, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Treutlen, Warren, Washington and Wilkes. In north central Georgia, Morgan. In northeast Georgia, Oglethorpe. In southeast Georgia, Toombs. In west central Georgia, Chattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Upson and Webster.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flash flooding in addition to flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Areas of rainfall will continue across the watch area through the rest of this evening, with isolated instances of flooding. A break in rain is expected later tonight, but additional development is expected tomorrow with added rainfall of one and a half to two and a half inches of rainfall is possible across the watch area, with some locally higher amounts up to three inches possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* AFFECTED AREAS: OGLETHORPE ... WILKES ... MORGAN ... GREENE ... TALIAFERRO ... JASPER ... PUTNAM ... HANCOCK ... WARREN ... UPSON ... LAMAR ... MONROE ... JONES ... BALDWIN ... WASHINGTON ... GLASCOCK ... JEFFERSON ... HARRIS ... TALBOT ... TAYLOR ... CRAWFORD ... BIBB ... TWIGGS ... WILKINSON ... JOHNSON ... EMANUEL ... MUSCOGEE ... CHATTAHOOCHEE ... MARION ... SCHLEY ... MACON ... PEACH ... HOUSTON ... BLECKLEY ... LAURENS ... TREUTLEN ... STEWART ... WEBSTER ... SUMTER ... DOOLY ... CRISP ... PULASKI ... WILCOX ... DODGE ... TELFAIR ... WHEELER ... MONTGOMERY ... TOOMBS

Instructions:

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

Address/Location
Morgan County 911/Communications
1380 Monticello Rd
Madison, GA 30650

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-342-9560

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Watch

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