Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 5:30 AM EST (10:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 9:30 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Walton County, GA

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WGUS52 KFFC 201030
FFWATL
GAC011-013-157-297-201430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN THESE COUNTIES. IN WALTON 
  COUNTY BOLD SPRINGS ROAD IN MONROE WAS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
  IN BARROW COUNTY CHICKEN LYLE ROAD...MULBERRY ROAD...ROCKWELL 
  CHURCH ROAD AND PENDERGRASS ROADS WERE CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
  IN JACKSON COUNTY AND BANKS COUNTIES NEAR COMMERCE...HIGHWAY 
  441 AND AN RV PARK WERE FLOODED. OTHER AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS 
  ARE LIKELY RISING TO AT OR OVER BANKFULL...INCLUDING THE MIDDLE    
  OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADE...AUBURN...
  COMMERCE...HOMER...HOSCHTON...JEFFERSON...MAYSVILLE...MONROE...
  RUSSELL...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM AND WINDER

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... 
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD 
BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

YOU CAN REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING 7 7 0 4 8 6 1 1 3 3 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

LAT...LON 3424 8335 3421 8341 3415 8337 3403 8342
          3391 8366 3381 8353 3361 8368 3380 8396
          3395 8381 3400 8385 3413 8383 3429 8363
          3439 8366 3449 8355 3445 8340 3432 8341

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.