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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1042 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



HEARD...HARALSON...COBB...TROUP...FULTON...CLAYTON...COWETA...

PAULDING...MERIWETHER...DOUGLAS...POLK...CARROLL...CHEROKEE AND

FAYETTE.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN REDEFINED TO REMOVE THE ATLANTA 

METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS WEST AND NORTH. THE CENTER OF WHAT WAS 

ONCE TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA AT 10 

AM THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA 

THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM 

REMAINS WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND NORTH GEORGIA...RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL BE 1 INCH OR LESS IN THESE COUNTIES.



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

COUNTIES...



UPSON...JOHNSON...SCHLEY...NEWTON...BIBB...HALL...WILCOX...WALTON...

OCONEE...CLARKE...WILKES...HARRIS...TALBOT...SPALDING...GWINNETT...

LAMAR...JASPER...ROCKDALE...MACON...JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...

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

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

GLASCOCK...WILKINSON...BANKS...HENRY...PULASKI...WHEELER...BARROW...

MONROE...EMANUEL...BALDWIN...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...TWIGGS...

DEKALB...TELFAIR...TALIAFERRO...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...TOOMBS...

WEBSTER...HANCOCK...PEACH...WARREN...SUMTER...PIKE...CRISP...OGLETHORPE...

MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE...LAURENS AND BUTTS UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS 

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS ONCE TROPICAL 

STORM ALLISON MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS ON SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN 

AREAS...MAY ALSO OCCUR IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS.



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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