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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

651 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 648 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY TO JUST SOUTH OF LAGRANGE. 

THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS TROUP...EASTERN HEARD AND COWETA 

COUNTIES THROUGH 8 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ARE LIKELY WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3345 8516 3291 8519 3314 8492 3350 8486



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