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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

842 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



GAC135-060245-

GWINNETT GA-

842 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

GWINNETT COUNTY...



AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED 

AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM 6 TO 8 PM EDT IN THE LAWRENCEVILLE 

AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED RAPID RUNOFF INTO THE LOCAL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE PEW CREEK AROUND 3 MILES SOUTHWEST 

OF LAWRENCEVILLE. AT 830 PM EDT THE STREAM GAGE ON THE PEW CREEK AT 

PATTERSON ROAD WAS 10.8 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. AT 

11 FEET MINOR FLOODING BEGINS WITH WATER RISING INTO THE LOWER 

PARKING LOT OF THE SARATOGA SWIM AND TENNIS CLUB NEAR PATTERSON 

ROAD. THE CREEK WILL LIKELY REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 PM EDT.



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.



IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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



LAT...LON 3385 8415 3385 8394 3403 8394 3403 8415



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