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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

200 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA   

  NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA   

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 155 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDIA REPORTED 

  FLASH FLOODING FROM EXTREME EASTERN COBB COUNTY ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY...NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY AND 

  MUCH OF GWINNETT COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED FLASH 

FLOODING OF MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES 

ACROSS THESE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND WOODLANDS ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 

TO FLASH FLOODING IN MORE RURAL PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES.



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 3398 8451 3379 8452 3392 8380 3418 8390



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