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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

658 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MURRAY AND WHITFIELD 

COUNTIES...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM FOR MURRAY AND 

WHITFIELD COUNTIES.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING NOW IN MURRAY 

COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED.



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN WHITFIELD 

COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71 AND 76. OBSERVED RAINFALL REPORTS OF 

3.78 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.



LAT...LON 3476 8514 3462 8494 3462 8467 3501 8468



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