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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

1146 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE HALL COUNTY LINE NEAR TALMO OR 

  NORTHWEST OF PENDERGRASS. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  IN THAT AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG POND 

FORK AND ALLEN CREEK MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 129... ALONG FORK 

CHURCH ROAD AND LIPSCOMB LAKE ROAD.



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.



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 3417 8377 3414 8369 3424 8355 3430 8362



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