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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

915 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005



GAC085-187-300515-

DAWSON-LUMPKIN-

915 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR WESTERN

LUMPKIN AND EASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES...



AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN GWINNETT COUNTY

MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

HAS ALREADY OCCURRED BETWEEN DAWSONVILLE AND DAHLONEGA.



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

AND AURARIA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM.



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.



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 3436 8420 3438 8398 3466 8400 3459 8425



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