Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)

Expired

Sep 17, 2004, 12:15 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

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WGUS52 KFFC 162222
FFWATL
GAC117-135-170415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 615 PM EDT...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL       
  TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY THIS WILL FLOOD MOST CREEKS

IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS PLEASE MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3376 8405 3388 8386 3431 8399 3429 8425

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

$$

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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.