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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

508 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES WEST OF JASPER MOVING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.



SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE TALONA CREEK...FISHER CREEK...AND 

TALKING ROCK CREEK.



EXPECT RAINFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS.



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 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 3457 8463 3442 8463 3446 8427 3459 8433



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