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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

941 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  SOUTHEASTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUWANEE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES

  WEST OF SUGAR HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...BERKELEY

  LAKE...BUFORD...COMMERCE...CUMMING...DACULA...DULUTH...FLOWERY

  BRANCH...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...LAWRENCEVILLE...OAKWOOD...

  RUSSELL...STATHAM...SUGAR HILL AND WINDER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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 3425 8414 3395 8428 3390 8363 3423 8345



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