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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1039 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOMER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF COMMERCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN BANKS COUNTY 

DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OR WILL BE 

OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL BE EFFECTED ARE

GARRISON CREEK...WEBB CREEK...NAILS CREEK...CASH CREEK...AND SILVER

CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3448 8357 3428 8365 3423 8336 3445 8338



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