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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1050 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



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

WILCOX...WALTON...OCONEE...COBB...CLARKE...TROUP...WILKES...HARRIS...

FULTON...TALBOT...CLAYTON...SPALDING...GWINNETT...COWETA...LAMAR...

JASPER...ROCKDALE...PAULDING...MACON...JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...

MUSCOGEE...DOOLY...FORSYTH...MORGAN...PUTNAM...GREENE...JONES...

HOUSTON...TREUTLEN...BLECKLEY...JACKSON...DODGE...STEWART...

MERIWETHER...GLASCOCK...WILKINSON...BANKS...HENRY...PULASKI...

WHEELER...DOUGLAS...POLK...BARROW...MONROE...EMANUEL...BALDWIN...

MADISON...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...TWIGGS...DEKALB...TELFAIR...

TALIAFERRO...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...TOOMBS...WEBSTER...CHEROKEE...

HANCOCK...PEACH...WARREN...SUMTER...PIKE...FAYETTE...CRISP...

OGLETHORPE...MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE...LAURENS AND BUTTS UNTIL 400 PM

EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 

CEDARTOWN TO CANTON GAINESVILLE TO HOMER.



THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON WAS 

MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA LATE MONDAY EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE

AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FELL OVER CENTRAL COUNTIES MONDAY 

EVENING...AND VERY LITTLE FELL OVER NORTH GEORGIA.



WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA APPEARS TO BE THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT 

OF FLOODING OVERNIGHT. HEAVIER RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER 

SOUTH ALABAMA AND PUSH INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TOWARD DAYBREAK. 

ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL OVERNIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT TO 

MODERATE AND THE THEAT OF FLOODING APPEARS SMALL.



HOWEVER...DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINFALL 

WILL INCREASE OVER A WIDE AREA AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CROSSES 

THE STATE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



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.

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