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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
959 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
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COBB GA-
959 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN COBB COUNTY...
AT 952 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KENNESAW AND
ACWORTH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 315 PM EDT.
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.
HIGH WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN ALLATOONA CREEK NEAR MARS HILL. THE
STAGE HEIGHT WAS 12.1 FEET AND RISING AT 915 AM EDT. FLOOD STAGE IS
13 FEET. THE CREEK SHOULD CREST BETWEEN 13 AND 14 FEET AROUND NOON.
IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3408 8472 3408 8454 3381 8455 3383 8472
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