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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1030 AM EST WED FEB 6 2002



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 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 OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS GEORGIA 

THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY 

RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.



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

AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 

EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE FLOOD 

WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDARTOWN...TO HOMER... 

AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...AND 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 OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 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.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS 

FLOODED AREAS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 

RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR LOCAL 

CABLE OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING 

THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.

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