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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

530 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

  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 930 AM EST



* VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN THESE COUNTIES. IN WALTON 

  COUNTY BOLD SPRINGS ROAD IN MONROE WAS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

  IN BARROW COUNTY CHICKEN LYLE ROAD...MULBERRY ROAD...ROCKWELL 

  CHURCH ROAD AND PENDERGRASS ROADS WERE CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

  IN JACKSON COUNTY AND BANKS COUNTIES NEAR COMMERCE...HIGHWAY 

  441 AND AN RV PARK WERE FLOODED. OTHER AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS 

  ARE LIKELY RISING TO AT OR OVER BANKFULL...INCLUDING THE MIDDLE    

  OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE.



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

  COMMERCE...HOMER...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...MAYSVILLE...MONROE...

  RUSSELL...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM AND WINDER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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 3424 8335 3421 8341 3415 8337 3403 8342

          3391 8366 3381 8353 3361 8368 3380 8396

          3395 8381 3400 8385 3413 8383 3429 8363

          3439 8366 3449 8355 3445 8340 3432 8341



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000 

WGUS52 KFFC 201030

FFWATL

GAC011-013-157-297-201430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

530 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

  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 930 AM EST



* VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN THESE COUNTIES. IN WALTON 

  COUNTY BOLD SPRINGS ROAD IN MONROE WAS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

  IN BARROW COUNTY CHICKEN LYLE ROAD...MULBERRY ROAD...ROCKWELL 

  CHURCH ROAD AND PENDERGRASS ROADS WERE CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.

  IN JACKSON COUNTY AND BANKS COUNTIES NEAR COMMERCE...HIGHWAY 

  441 AND AN RV PARK WERE FLOODED. OTHER AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS 

  ARE LIKELY RISING TO AT OR OVER BANKFULL...INCLUDING THE MIDDLE    

  OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE.



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

  COMMERCE...HOMER...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...MAYSVILLE...MONROE...

  RUSSELL...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM AND WINDER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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 3424 8335 3421 8341 3415 8337 3403 8342

          3391 8366 3381 8353 3361 8368 3380 8396

          3395 8381 3400 8385 3413 8383 3429 8363

          3439 8366 3449 8355 3445 8340 3432 8341



$$

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