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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
441 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-DOUGLAS GA-FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA-HEARD GA-
MERIWETHER GA-TROUP GA-
441 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS, NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE, SOUTHWESTERN
FULTON, SOUTHERN CARROLL, COWETA, HEARD, NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER AND
NORTHERN TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 441 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWNAN, DOUGLASVILLE, LAGRANGE, CARROLLTON, FRANKLIN, CITY OF
SOUTH FULTON, PEACHTREE CITY, FAIRBURN, TYRONE, PALMETTO,
HOGANSVILLE, GRANTVILLE, BOWDON, LUTHERSVILLE, WHITESBURG,
EPHESUS, CENTRALHATCHEE, MORELAND, SHARPSBURG AND TURIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3340 8456 3321 8470 3303 8522 3354 8532
3374 8464
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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