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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

759 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THIS WAS OCCURRING

  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN FELL THAT FELL ACROSS MUCH OF

  JOHNSON COUNTY AND NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY DURING THE LATE

  AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN

  SOME AREAS. OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE 

  WASHOUT OF A ROAD NEAR KITE. OTHER ROADS IN JOHNSON AND EMANUEL

  COUNTIES MAY BE WASHED OUT.   

  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STILLMORE...SWAINSBORO AND

  TWIN CITY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM HAS CAUSED SOME FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3277 8279 3264 8274 3242 8220 3258 8208

          3280 8214



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