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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1119 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIJAY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES       

  SOUTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  FLAT CREEK...DAVIS CREEK...GUNSTOCK BRANCH.



EXPECT RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



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.



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 3460 8465 3442 8459 3468 8429 3476 8461



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