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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

959 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



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COBB GA-

959 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN COBB COUNTY...



AT 952 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KENNESAW AND 

ACWORTH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 315 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



HIGH WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN ALLATOONA CREEK NEAR MARS HILL. THE 

STAGE HEIGHT WAS 12.1 FEET AND RISING AT 915 AM EDT. FLOOD STAGE IS 

13 FEET. THE CREEK SHOULD CREST BETWEEN 13 AND 14 FEET AROUND NOON.



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 3408 8472 3408 8454 3381 8455 3383 8472



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