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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

837 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE       

  ALLATOONA THROUGH CANTON TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY

  JUST SOUTHEAST OF BALL GROUND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  WERE SITUATED ALONG THE ETOWAH RIVER AND WERE PRODUCING VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

  FALLEN SINCE 8 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLASH 

  FLOODING IS LIKELY IN ALL CREEKS FEEDING DIRECTLY INTO THE ETOWAH 

  RIVER...ESPECIALLY SHOAL CREEK...SMITHWICK CREEK...AND CANTON 

  CREEK. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CANTON AND BUFFINGTON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3438 8427 3425 8465 3413 8465 3427 8426



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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