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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

300 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE 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...JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...MERIWETHER...TROUP...

LAMAR...MONROE...PIKE...BALDWIN...JONES...WILKINSON...UPSON...BIBB...

TWIGGS...TALBOT...HARRIS...CRAWFORD...EMANUEL...JOHNSON...TAYLOR...

LAURENS...PEACH...HOUSTON...MUSCOGEE...BLECKLEY...MARION...

CHATTAHOOCHEE...MACON...TREUTLEN...DODGE...SCHLEY...PULASKI...

MONTGOMERY...TOOMBS...WHEELER...DOOLY...STEWART...WEBSTER...SUMTER...

TELFAIR...WILCOX...CRISP AND FULTON.



TROPICAL DEPRESSION HANNA MOVED INLAND JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY NEAR 

MOBILE ALABAMA. HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS 

EASTERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT. 



FEEDER BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL 

GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE FEEDER BANDS WILL 

PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT AS THE 

CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION HANNA MOVES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF 

HANNA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO BLUE RIDGE 

...WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL MOVE OUT OF GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING...TAKING 

THE HEAVY RAIN WITH IT.



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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