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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
730 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...
  Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
  Walker County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 730 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches 
  of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches 
  in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Lafayette, Summerville, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, 
  Trion, Lookout Mountain, La Fayette, Chattanooga Valley, Cooper 
  Heights, Linwood, Center Post, Noble, Cloudland Canyon State Park, 
  Rising Fawn, Rock Spring, Chattanooga  Valley, New England, 
  Fairview and Morganville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

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LAT...LON 3464 8554 3498 8560 3498 8526 3485 8526
      3485 8520 3478 8520 3478 8517 3475 8515
      3472 8517 3472 8514 3471 8527 3443 8520
      3438 8530

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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