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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

602 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES WEST OF RANGER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF

  CALHOUN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RESACA



EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHEAST GORNDON 

COUNTY. 



SOME CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DRY CREEK....LITTLE DRY CREEK...AND 

REDBUD CREEK.



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.



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 3459 8500 3443 8481 3445 8467 3458 8466



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