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GAC227-170015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

706 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL 

815 PM...



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY WITH 

WATER ONE HALF FOOT DEEP FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. THE RIVER GAGE 

READING NEAR TALKING ROCK JUMPED OVER 8 FEET IN 30 MINUTES.



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

TALKING ROCK CREEK.



RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM. EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 

INCHES IN WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY.



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.



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 3457 8437 3446 8428 3442 8463 3457 8465



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