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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

325 PM 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...GWINNETT...BARROW...COBB...POLK...PAULDING...DEKALB...

HARALSON...CARROLL...DOUGLAS AND FULTON UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY

MORNING.



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA 

THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFT SOUTH INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WHICH COULD 

CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. 



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 BE PREPARED

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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