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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

321 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEACHTREE CREEK IN...

  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA...

  RECORD FLOODING IS OCCURING.

  THE LATEST STAGE WAS 22.2 FEET AT 11 PM THURSDAY.

  FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.

   THE FORECAST FOR THE PEACHTREE CREEK NEAR ATLANTA... 

      THE CREEK WILL CREST AT 22.7 FEET AROUND 4 AM FRIDAY.

      THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 AM FRIDAY.



AT 23 FEET...MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOOD AND EVACUATIONS ARE

NEEDED.  WATER FLOWS ACROSS NORTHSIDE DRIVE AT THE BRIDGE OF

PEACHTREE CREEK.



THIS IS A NEW RECORD CREST. THE OLD RECORD WAS 21.06 FEET IN

OBSERVED HISTORY. THERE WAS A HIGH WATER MARK OF 25.8 FEET

RECORDED IN 1919.



THIS REMAINS A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION. ALL INTERESTS ALONG

PEACHTREE CREEK SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE RISING WATERS

OVERNIGHT.



LAT...LON 3393 8421 3382 8421 3378 8447 3384 8445





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