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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1045 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA 

FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 

PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY 

MORNING. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 

ATLANTA TO ATHENS.



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

MURRAY...CATOOSA...WHITFIELD...WALKER...DADE...FANNIN...TOWNS...UNION

...GILMER...WHITE...LUMPKIN...GORDON...DAWSON...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD...

PICKENS...HALL...BANKS...BARTOW...CHEROKEE...FORSYTH...JACKSON...

MADISON...GWINNETT...BARROW...COBB...POLK...PAULDING...CLARKE...

DEKALB...HARALSON AND FULTON.



A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE 

FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE STATE. MEANWHILE...AN AREA OF LOW 

PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE 

ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY...PROLONGING THE RAIN EVENT. 



THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL

BE MAINLY LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENT...WITH HIGHER...LOCALIZED 

AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. 



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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