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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

455 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

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 800 AM EST



* VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN CLAYTON AND HENRY COUNTIES...AND 

  LIGHT TO OCCASSIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS      

  EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER RIVERDALE ROAD NEAR SOUTHERN REGIONAL    

  HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER IN RIVERDALE. PINEHURST TO       

  VALLEY ROAD AND OLD CONYERS ROAD IN THE STOCKBRIDGE AREA ARE ALSO  

  CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKSVILLE...BONANZA...

  CONLEY...FOREST PARK...IRONDALE...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...LOCUST   

  GROVE...LOVEJOY...MCDONOUGH...MORROW...RIVERDALE AND STOCKBRIDGE.



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.



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 3345 8393 3340 8397 3330 8411 3336 8424

          3336 8437 3348 8437 3356 8445 3364 8445

          3364 8419 3356 8413 3349 8402 3349 8396



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