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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

556 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



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JACKSON GA-BANKS GA-

556 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR BANKS

AND NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES...



AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE FROM DAHLONEGA TO SUGAR HILL TO STONE 

MOUNTAIN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL 

MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALTO...

BANKS CROSSING AND HOMER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...ON FOOT OR IN

AN AUTOMOBILE.



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 3447 8340 3439 8338 3433 8339 3429 8335

      3424 8333 3421 8338 3424 8368 3430 8362

      3435 8365 3436 8367 3441 8366 3449 8355



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