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Flash Flood Warning
GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0007.130519T1046Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 643 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNING
AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE...GRAYSON AND DACULA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426

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Flood Warning
GAC117-121-200132-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0139.130519T1132Z-130521T1300Z/
/APHG1.1.ER.130519T1117Z.130520T0000Z.130521T0700Z.NO/
732 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 6 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 9.9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 6.0 FEET...BANKFULL CONDITIONS ARE REACHED ALONG THE CREEK
BETWEEN CUMMING IN FORSYTH COUNTY...TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN
NORTH FULTON COUNTY. SOME LOW LYING SPOTS ALONG THE BIG CREEK
GREENWAY WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD WITH A FEW INCHES OF WATER UPSTREAM
AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD. WATER WILL
BEGIN TO ENTER LOW PORTIONS OF THE YMCA CAMPGROUND OFF PRESTON
RIDGE ROAD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 5.2 FEET ON SEP 4 1986.

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Flood Watch
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-081-082-
084-191945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0007.130519T1138Z-130520T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON
738 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AXIS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST
ACROSS THE METRO ATLANTA AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING.

* FLOODING OF THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IS POSSIBLE WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

* LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE HEAVY RAIN
REPEATEDLY MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA. ALSO...STORM DRAINS...
DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BECOME QUICKLY CLOGGED WITH
DEBRIS AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE
LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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Special Weather Statement
GAZ033-191200-
631 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FULTON COUNTY UNTIL
800 AM EDT...

AT 629 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ALPHARETTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
FULTON COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND MOUNTAIN PARK...BIRMINGHAM...
MILTON...ALPHARETTA AND JOHNS CREEK. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR
FLOODING.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3411 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3403 8417
3399 8420 3400 8421 3400 8425 3397 8426
3408 8442 3410 8442 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3419 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 306DEG 20KT 3407 8423

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