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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

644 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING BACK INTO GWINNETT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO  

  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUFORD...DACULA...DULUTH...

  LAWRENCEVILLE...LILBURN...NORCROSS...SUGAR HILL AND SUWANEE



CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE BIG HAYNES CREEK IN SOUTH GWINNETT 

COUNTY...WHICH IS EXCEEDED BANKFULL. THE BIG HAYNES CREEK WAS NEAR 

10 FEET.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE UP TO ONE INCH.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO

FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS

AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3393 8424 3376 8405 3394 8382 3414 8402



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