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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED	

FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 

528 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA





* UNTIL 11 PM.







* HEAVY RAINFALL IS SENDING SOPE CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS.



* FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA...

   MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

   LATEST STAGE...WAS 11.8 FEET AT 5 PM TUESDAY.

   BANKFULL STAGE...IS 12.0 FEET.  

   FLOOD STAGE...IS 12.0 FEET.

   THE FORECAST...FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA... 

          THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 6 PM TUESDAY. 

          IT WILL CREST BETWEEN 12.5 AND 13.5 FEET AT 8 PM TUESDAY. 

          IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9 PM TUESDAY. 





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 HIGH 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 3394 8474 3381 8459 3399 8439 3410 8453



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