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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

900 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOOLY...CRISP...

WILCOX...PULASKI...BLECKLEY...DODGE...LAURENS...AND JOHNSON 

COUNTIES...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AND 

FARMLAND AND WOODLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



SOME REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDE...NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN CRISP 

COUNTY. HIGHWAY 341 SOUTH...HIGHWAY 129 SOUTH AND HIGHWAY 26 EAST 

HAVE WATER ACROSS THE ROAD IN PULASKI COUNTY. HIGHWAYS 19 AND 441 

SOUTH...AND VARIOUS SECONDARY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN LAURENS COUNTY. 

NUMEROUS ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAY IN BLECKLEY AND 

DODGE COUNTIES.



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 3258 8324 3271 8295 3280 8280 3283 8253

          3275 8244 3249 8267 3230 8274 3184 8324

          3185 8394 3218 8402 3229 8389 3226 8362

          3244 8347



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