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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

400 AM EST WED FEB 6 2002



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



HALL...BANKS...CHEROKEE...FORSYTH...JACKSON...MADISON...GWINNETT...

BARROW...COBB...POLK...PAULDING...CLARKE...OGLETHORPE...WILKES...

OCONEE...DEKALB...WALTON...HARALSON...CARROLL...MORGAN...DOUGLAS...

ROCKDALE...GREENE...NEWTON...TALIAFERRO...CLAYTON...HENRY...WARREN...

FAYETTE...JASPER...COWETA...PUTNAM...HANCOCK...BUTTS...HEARD...

SPALDING...GLASCOCK...MERIWETHER...TROUP...LAMAR...MONROE...PIKE...

BALDWIN...JONES...UPSON...BIBB...TALBOT...HARRIS...CRAWFORD...

TAYLOR...MUSCOGEE...MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FULTON.



LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE 

THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOME AREAS OF GEORGIA.



RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE 

FLOOD WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO 

CEDARTOWN...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO 

SPARTA. 



A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN LARGER STREAMS...AND RIVERS WILL SLOWLY 

RISE TO AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL. THESE RISES ARE USUALLY DUE TO HEAVY 

RAIN. REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT GENERAL FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE 

WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD GENERAL FLOODING 

OCCUR.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO 

CROSS FLOODED AREAS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE 

MEDIA...FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SITUATION.

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