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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

617 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA   

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES EAST OF MORGANTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH

  OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLAIRSVILLE



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.



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