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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

448 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY 

UNTIL 545 PM...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 

STORM HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE 

PUBLIC INDICATE ROADS WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON THEM AROUND 4 PM 

NEAR GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY.



AT 445 PM...PEACHTREE CREEK IN ATLANTA WAS NEAR 15 FEET. THE 

FORECAST FOR PEACHTREE CALLS FOR THE CREEK TO CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE 

BY 6 PM.



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 3379 8451 3375 8434 3386 8433 3395 8441



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