Update: The entire county is now under a Flash Flood Warning.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 858 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. A LARGE AREA OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN STRETCHES FROM NEAR WHITESBURG TO DALLAS…WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH OVER THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THIS AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOUGLASVILLE… LITHIA SPRINGS… VILLA RICA… TEMPLE… AUSTELL… POWDER SPRINGS… KENNESAW… ACWORTH… HIRAM… DALLAS AND BRASWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER FOR PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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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LAT…LON 3365 8532 3366 8526 3372 8504 3390 8503
3395 8505 3396 8498 3409 8491 3409 8458
3374 8458 3371 8461 3357 8481 3353 8482
3345 8490 3343 8529
This is quite some rain. I believe the death toll has risen to five here in Georgia. I didn’t even realize how serious is was until I started driving to work, only to find out after 10 minutes of driving that the police had closed the road due to the flood. I also didn’t have power for most of my morning yesterday.