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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

754 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

LAFAYETTE GEORGIA AREA DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

A FEW OF THE STREAMS THAT WILL LIKELY BE EFFECTED INCLUDE GREENBUSH

BRANCH...WEST ARMUCHEE CREEK...AND TOWN 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.



LAT...LON 3478 8529 3459 8541 3459 8508 3468 8506



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