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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

423 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 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 UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY

MORNING.



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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