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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

948 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

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EST



* FOR THE MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE...THE RIVER WAS NEAR 17 

FEET AT 9 AM THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST 

TO CONTINUE A RAPID RISE UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER SHOULD 

CREST BETWEEN 20 AND 21 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. MODERATE FLOODING 

BEGINS AT 18 FEET AND MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS 

NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD UNTIL FRIDAY.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE RIVER...PLEASE 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.



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.



LAT...LON 3400 8383 3394 8365 3410 8341 3425 8362



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