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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1008 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1005 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER TALIAFERRO...SOUTHERN WILKES AND EASTERN GREENE 

COUNTIES AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ELSEWHERE OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES.

EATONTON HAS REPORTED 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PUBLIC

REPORTED AROUND 8.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WHITE PLAINS AREA. RADAR 

IS ESTIMATING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA OVER THE 

PAST 24 HOURS AND RAIN IS STILL FALLING AT A RATE OF OVER 1 INCH AN 

HOUR IN MANY SPOTS. MANY ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER IN 

HANCOCK...PUTNAM AND GREENE COUNTIES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.



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