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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

819 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. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.



SPOTTERS FROM WHITFIELD COUNTY REPORT PARTS OF SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY 

ARE CLOSED...AND A PART OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 2 NEAR LEE BRYANT ROAD 

HAS COLLAPSED.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MURRAY AND 

WHITFIELD COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED.



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN WHITFIELD 

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

4.53 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...AND ALSO COULD 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 3501 8469 3466 8468 3463 8495 3479 8512



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