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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1104 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN PEACH 

COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11:00 PM...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF EASTERN CRAWFORD AND 

NORTHERN PEACH COUNTIES.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CRAWFORD AND 

PEACH COUNTIES REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO 

FLOODING...MAINLY ALONG THE COMMON BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES.  

THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN EXTREME NORTHERN PEACH COUNTY...IN THE 

VICINITY OF BYRON.  RADAR ESTIMATED OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

THAT AREA SINCE 5 P.M.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...ROADWAYS 

AND LOW-LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN EASTERN 

CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN PEACH COUNTIES.  MULE CREEK...MOSSY CREEK AND 

OTHER SMALL STREAMS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR RISING WATER 

THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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