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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

725 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...

 

...UPSON...HEARD...HARALSON...SCHLEY...NEWTON...BIBB...HALL...WALTON...

OCONEE...COBB...LUMPKIN...CLARKE...TROUP...WILKES...HARRIS...FULTON...

TALBOT...CLAYTON...SPALDING...GWINNETT...COWETA...LAMAR...JASPER...

FANNIN...ROCKDALE...PAULDING...MACON...MUSCOGEE...DOOLY...FORSYTH...

MORGAN...PUTNAM...GREENE...JONES...HOUSTON...JACKSON...DAWSON...

STEWART...MERIWETHER...BANKS...HENRY...DOUGLAS...TOWNS...BARROW...

MONROE...BALDWIN...WHITE...MADISON...GILMER...CARROLL...DEKALB...

TALIAFERRO...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...WEBSTER...CHEROKEE...UNION...HANCOCK...

PEACH...WARREN...SUMTER...PIKE...FAYETTE...CRISP...OGLETHORPE...MARION...

PICKENS...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND BUTTS...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL 

GEORGIA. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PLAGUED THIS REGION 

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN 

NORTH...NORTHEAST....AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF...

JOHNSON...WILCOX...JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...TREUTLEN...BLECKLEY...

DODGE...GLASCOCK...WILKINSON...PULASKI...WHEELER...EMANUEL...

MONTGOMERY...TWIGGS...TELFAIR...TOOMBS AND LAURENS UNTIL 1000 PM EST

MONDAY EVENING...



A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART 

OF MIDDLE GEORGIA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN 

COMMON IN THIS RAIN AREA.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THIS AREA 

BY 10 PM AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

THAT TIME.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER

DRAINAGE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS.

THESE RISES ARE USUALLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY

SATURATED GROUND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF

THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING BE ISSUED.



REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO

CROSS FLOODED AREAS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE

MEDIA...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS

FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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