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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

702 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE COOPERS CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...5  

  MILES NORTH OF SUCHES.



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.



CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING 

THREATENING RAINS.



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 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TWO

FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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

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

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

IS ELEVATED.



YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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



LAT...LON 3469 8411 3473 8391 3485 8384 3486 8407



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