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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

748 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006



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FLOYD GA-

748 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY...



AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

RAIN ENDING OVER WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES 

THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTH AND WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY IN THE CEDAR CREEK BASIN NORTHEAST 

THROUGH NORTHWEST OF CAVE SPRING. 



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL OVER THE PAST 

SEVERAL HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AND FORESTLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH 930 PM EDT. BIG CEDAR AND 

LITTLE CEDAR CREEKS AS WELL AS LAKE CREEK AND SMALLER CREEKS AND 

STREAMS IN THE VICINITY ARE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED. MOTORISTS ALONG 

U.S. HIGHWAY 411 BETWEEN CAVE SPRING AND LINDALE AND ALONG STATE 

HIGHWAY 100 BETWEEN CAVE SPRING AND COOSA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOOD 

WATERS ACROSS THE ROADWAY.



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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PEACHTREE CITY.



LAT...LON 3429 8546 3410 8540 3410 8516 3430 8531



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