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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

416 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY 

UNTIL 6 AM EDT...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY 

UNTIL 6 AM EDT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 3.0 

INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS SINCE MIDNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN FLASH 

FLOODING OF PEACHTREE AND NANCY CREEKS IN THE BUCKHEAD AREA.  THIS 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM EDT.



AT 400 AM EDT...THE STAGE ON PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR CROSS CREEK DRIVE 

WAS 17.6 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 

CREST BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 FEET AROUND 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING.



FLOODING OF ROADS NEAR PEACHTREE CREEK AND ALSO NANCY CREEK WILL BE 

LIKELY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME HOMES AND BUSINESS IN THIS 

AREA MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO PROCEED SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3386 8442 3370 8450 3366 8435 3385 8435



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