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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

845 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

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EST



* LOCAL LAW OFFICIALS REPORT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THIS MORNING

  IN BARROW...WALTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES...THEREFORE...THE FLASH    

  FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CONTINUED FOR THESE COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS REPORTING FLOODING INCLUDE HIGHWAY 53 NORTH OF      

  WINDER IN BARROW COUNTY. IN WALTON COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTH          

  CROSSLANE ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. IN JACKSON COUNTY...NUMEROUS 

  ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE EMERGENCY

  SPILLWAY OF A DAM NEAR JET ROBERTS ROAD. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES...AND LOW LYING AREAS THIS MORNING. 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 3422 8343 3425 8348 3425 8357 3429 8363

          3412 8382 3399 8386 3395 8379 3380 8397

          3361 8369 3381 8353 3391 8366 3403 8342

          3415 8335



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