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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

143 PM EST THU MAR 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA 

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY LED TO 

NUMEROUS ROADS BEING FLOODED. THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED AND CONDITIONS 

WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE ACROSS THE COUNTY BY TONIGHT. 



BIG CREEK IN FORSYTH COUNTY WILL BE CRESTING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL 

BEGIN A SLOW FALL TONIGHT. 



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 SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO

FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS

AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.





LAT...LON 3425 8422 3409 8419 3425 8397 3434 8412



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