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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1025 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1019 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH TO TUNNEL HILL TO 

  LAFAYETTE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS AREAS ALONG THE BANKS 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO

FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS

AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3493 8462 3473 8466 3461 8470 3462 8505

          3458 8532 3480 8511 3495 8496



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