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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

921 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLEBURNE COUNTY ALABAMA 

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS HARALSON AND 

  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 PM AND 10 PM...AND INTO 

  DOUGLAS AND PAULDING COUNTIES AFTER 10 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3405 8494 3408 8474 3381 8472 3380 8462

          3373 8458 3366 8469



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