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WGUS52 KFFC 200828

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GAC011-013-157-297-2001015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

319 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 515 AM EST



* AT 311 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WERE

  REPORTING FLASH FLOODING FROM THE WESTERN PART OF WALTON COUNTY

  THROUGH PORTIONS OF BARROW...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES. SOME 

  CAMPERS WERE REPORTED TRAPPED NEAR THE BANKS...JACKSON COUNTY LINE.

  WATER WAS STANDING IN SOME ROADS. RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO

  MODERATE RAIN IN THE AREA AT 320 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

  ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION...BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE 

  WARNED COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE FROM RUNOFF RESULTING FROM HEAVY

  RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...

  COMMERCE...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...LOGANVILLE...MAYSVILLE...

  RUSSELL...STATHAM AND WINDER.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3404 8385 3379 8393 3371 8381 3406 8343

          3425 8336 3445 8341 3446 8355



$$

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000 

WGUS52 KFFC 200828

FFWATL

GAC011-013-157-297-2001015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

319 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 515 AM EST



* AT 311 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WERE

  REPORTING FLASH FLOODING FROM THE WESTERN PART OF WALTON COUNTY

  THROUGH PORTIONS OF BARROW...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES. SOME 

  CAMPERS WERE REPORTED TRAPPED NEAR THE BANKS...JACKSON COUNTY LINE.

  WATER WAS STANDING IN SOME ROADS. RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO

  MODERATE RAIN IN THE AREA AT 320 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

  ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION...BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE 

  WARNED COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE FROM RUNOFF RESULTING FROM HEAVY

  RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...

  COMMERCE...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...LOGANVILLE...MAYSVILLE...

  RUSSELL...STATHAM AND WINDER.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3404 8385 3379 8393 3371 8381 3406 8343

          3425 8336 3445 8341 3446 8355



$$

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000 

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GAC011-013-157-297-201015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

319 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 515 AM EST



* AT 311 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WERE

  REPORTING FLASH FLOODING FROM THE WESTERN PART OF WALTON COUNTY

  THROUGH PORTIONS OF BARROW...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES. SOME 

  CAMPERS WERE REPORTED TRAPPED NEAR THE BANKS...JACKSON COUNTY LINE.

  WATER WAS STANDING IN SOME ROADS. RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO

  MODERATE RAIN IN THE AREA AT 320 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

  ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION...BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE 

  WARNED COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE FROM RUNOFF RESULTING FROM HEAVY

  RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...

  COMMERCE...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...LOGANVILLE...MAYSVILLE...

  RUSSELL...STATHAM AND WINDER.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3404 8385 3379 8393 3371 8381 3406 8343

          3425 8336 3445 8341 3446 8355



$$

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