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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChuckWhite
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-5602(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4"Street912-576-0448(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569camdenema@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
CamdenCountyResidentsEncouraged
toMonitorWeatherConditions
WOODBINE,Ga.October18,2019CamdenCountyEmergencyManagementAgency
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(EMA)iscurrentlymonitoringpotentialTropicalCyclone16forpossibleimpactstoCamdenCounty.All
citizensareencouragedtoremainactivelyengagedbyfollowingCamdenCountyEMAforupdates
regardingthisstorm.
AsthestormcontinuestomovenortheastwardfromtheGulfofMexico,itcouldaffectCamdenCountyand
thesoutheastGeorgiacoastasearlyas1:00a.m.tomorrow,Saturday,October19",andmaybring1to
3inchesofrain,localizedflooding,andisolatedtornadoes.Althoughspecificimpactsareunknown,
CamdenCountyhasamarginalriskofseverestormsonSaturdayandresidentsshouldpreparenowfor
thepossibilityofsevereweatherandchangingconditions.
LocalresidentsarealsoencouragedtovisittheNationalHurricaneCenter,www.nhc.noaa.gov,andthe
NationalWeatherServiceOfficeinJacksonville,www.weather.gov/jax,astrustedsitesforweatherrelated
information.Inaddition,CamdenCountyresidentsareurgedtosign-upfortheCodeREDEmergency
NotificationSystembyvisitingwww.camdencountyga.gov/CodeREDortexting“CamdenCodeRED”to
99411.CodeREDiscriticalduringsituationslikethisasadirectmethodofcommunicationfromCamden
CountyEMAtoyourlandline,cellphone,oremail.TDD/TTYserviceisalsoavailable.Participantswillbe
notifiedintheeventofemergencysituationsorcriticalcommunityalerts.Pleasecontinuetomonitorthe
CamdenCountyWebsite,CamdenCountyEMAFacebookandCamdenCountyEMATwitterforupdates.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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“Award-WinningGovernment”
STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5