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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

713 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PASSING OVER THE SAME  

  AREA IN DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING

  NORTH AT 25 MPH.



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

  DOUGHERTY AND AURARIA.



* THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE UPPER HEADWATERS OF THE

  ETOWAH RIVER AND HURRICANE CREEK IN LUMPKIN COUNTY.  ALSO PALMER

  CREEK AND MILL CREEK IN DAWSON COUNTY. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3436 8420 3438 8398 3466 8400 3459 8425



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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