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.