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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

638 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOPE CREEK IN...

  COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 9 PM



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL INCHES OF

  RAIN FELL NEAR SOPE CREEK LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THIS

  RAIN HAS CAUSED SHARP RISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG THE CREEK.



* FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA...

  THE LATEST STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET AT 6 PM THURSDAY.

  FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.

  THE FORECAST FOR THE SOPE CREEK NEAR MARIETTA... 

      THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 7 PM.

      THE CREEK WILL CREST BETWEEN 13 AND 14 FEET BY 9 PM.

      THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 11 PM.





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS...

CREEKS...AND ROADS IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE TO MAJOR

INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OR THREAT TO LIFE 

IS ELEVATED.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY 

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



LAT...LON 3396 8456 3388 8449 3398 8438 3404 8443





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