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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

954 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005



GAC057-150330-

CHEROKEE-

954 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR CHEROKEE

COUNTY...



AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL

ENDING ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT SOME

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AREAS NEAR THE ETOWAH RIVER IN A PERIOD

OF ABOUT 90 MINUTES. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THIS EVENING...RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS IN SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO CONTINUE

RISING THROUGH AROUND 11 PM. SOME COUNTY ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED.



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.



IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT

UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER

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



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



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