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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

858 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ATLANTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



* THE STAGE ON PEACHTREE CREEK AT 830 PM WAS 15.1 FEET. FLOOD STAGE 

THERE IS 17 FEET. A CREST OF 17.5 FEET IS FORECAST AT PEACHTREE 

CREEK THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF OTHER 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 

GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND 

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3373 8459 3353 8458 3357 8446 3365 8446

          3366 8434 3392 8434 3391 8443

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