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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

456 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR ACROSS AREAS 

  WEST OF MADISON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN STILL   

  POSSIBLE.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUTLEDGE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.



LAT...LON 3367 8360 3352 8367 3344 8347 3350 8338



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