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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

105 PM EST MON JAN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 400 PM EST



* AT 1253 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE CROOKED CREEK 3 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF NORCROSS.  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A FEW HOURS IN 

THIS URBANIZED AREA WAS PRODUCING RAPID RUNOFF TO FORCE CROOKED 

CREEK OUT OF IT BANKS.  THE RIVER STAGE ON SPALDING DRIVE WAS AT 7.8 

FEET AT 1255 PM EST AND RISING.  FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.  THE CREEK 

WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 130 PM EST AND PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3408 8438 3382 8433 3381 8420 3409 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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