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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1131 AM EDT MON APR 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1126 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF TROUP COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS 

ROADS...AND SEVERAL HOMES FLOODED NEAR CREEKS. RADAR ESTIMTED UP

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS TROUP...MERIWETHER AND 

PORTIONS OF PIKE COUNTY SINCE 7 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE.



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 3311 8521 3289 8518 3288 8458 3305 8430

          3318 8427



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