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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

532 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF MACON. THE 

STORM PRODUCING THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE CITY OF MACON 

ALONG AND EAST OF THE OCMULGEE RIVER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3293 8372 3290 8377 3275 8360 3284 8352



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