Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009
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DOUGLAS GA-CARROLL GA-PAULDING GA-COBB GA-CHEROKEE GA-
721 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...COBB...PAULDING...CARROLL AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
ONLY LIGHT RAIN PASSING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND THIS WILL CONTINUE
FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA WITH AROUND 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL PAULDING
AND EASTERN COBB COUNTIES.
SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. THE NICKAJACK CREEK NEAR MABLETON IN COBB COUNTY WAS AT
9.2 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. THE CREEK WILL LIKELY
CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIRAM...
SMYRNA...MARIETTA...KENNESAW...ACWORTH...DALLAS...WOODSTOCK...HOLLY
SPRINGS...BUFFINGTON AND CANTON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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