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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

110 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EST



* AT 1259 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL

  MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE NIGHT.

  

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRIFFIN...NEWNAN...

  EXPERIMENT...FAYETTEVILLE...HAMPTON...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...

  LOCUST GROVE...MCDONOUGH...MORROW...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY

  ...RIVERDALE...SENOIA...STOCKBRIDGE AND TYRONE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICHLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3339 8491 3321 8479 3322 8420 3343 8401

          3365 8425



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