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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1034 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST UPSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT   

  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON...NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF CREST

  AND HENDRICKS.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A SMALL AREA MAY HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 6 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 730 PM...WITH OTHER AREAS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3293 8456 3280 8440 3293 8434 3298 8443



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