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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

315 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

AN AREA THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

40 MPH OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES

HAS OCCURRED SINCE NOON.



SOME CREEKS INCLUDED IN THE WARNED AREA...SHOAL CREEK...LOST TOWN

CREEK...MOORE CREEK AND BLUFF CREEK.



THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL FROM DENNIS AND 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3436 8470 3410 8467 3412 8428 3443 8431



IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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



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