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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

721 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN   

  BARTOW COUNTY.  WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TOP OF    

  ALREADY VERY MOIST SOILS...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY COME OUT OF      

  THEIR BANKS...EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.



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 3420 8484 3418 8490 3432 8501 3440 8491

          3441 8466 3435 8464 3431 8470



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