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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

554 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME 

SOUTH CENTRAL TOWNS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HELEN. THE  

STORM WAS ALMOST STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 3484 8378 3479 8378 3475 8363 3479 8368

          3484 8365



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