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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

914 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR TRION TO SUMMERVILLE...MENLO...LYERLY 

  AND CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...

  THE SUMMERVILLE STATE FISH HATCHERY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS...WOODLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS... AND 

STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. THE 

HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3459 8528 3461 8517 3444 8518 3439 8529

          3435 8538 3429 8537 3429 8548 3460 8551



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