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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

854 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT



* AT 850 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES EAST OF TUNNEL HILL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES     

  NORTHEAST OF DALTON...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DALTON



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS.



DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN 

RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. 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 3478 8510 3466 8496 3498 8482 3499 8495



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