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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

719 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

  LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EST



* HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED RISING WATER ON AREA 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS. SCATTERED REPORTS OF ROADS BEING CLOSED DUE 

  TO HIGH WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS BLECKLEY...DODGE AND       

  LAURENS COUNTIES. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EASTMAN...COCHRAN...DUBLIN AND    

  DEXTER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

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 3191 8320 3210 8332 3218 8329 3227 8333

          3245 8347 3270 8294 3261 8268 3252 8268

          3249 8264 3244 8269 3230 8272



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