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WGUS72 KFFC 071642

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GAC199-231-285-071830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1235 PM EDT MON APR 7 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MERIWETHER...PIKE

AND TROUP COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 230 PM EDT...



AT 1230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL TAPERING OFF IN INTENSITY

ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE EARLY THIS

AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER LEVELS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. SOME

ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. 



SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY SEE WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE FOR ANOTHER

COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO RUNOFF. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR

SWOLLEN CREEKS OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.



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 3322 8448 3315 8427 3300 8426 3302 8453

          3287 8455 3288 8517 3312 8521 3321 8493



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