BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 145 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
SINCE 8 AM EDT SUNDAY…1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS A
MAJORITY OF THE AREA…WITH 24-HOUR TOTALS OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES.
AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION…SUMMERVILLE…ROME AND ARMUCHEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.