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EMWIN Weather Alert from DaculaWeather.com

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May 19, 2013, 9:03:09 AM5/19/13
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GAC013-117-135-157-191445-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130519T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARROW GA-FORSYTH GA-GWINNETT GA-JACKSON GA-
901 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN GWINNETT...SOUTHWESTERN FORSYTH AND
NORTHWESTERN BARROW COUNTIES...

AT 858 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REST HAVEN
AND BUFORD. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE REACHED THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN
SOME OF THE AREA AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING
HAS RESULTED IN MANY ROAD CLOSURES AND A FEW DOWNED TREES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3414 8408 3415 8400 3410 8388 3410 8386
3416 8378 3416 8370 3398 8385 3407 8418
3408 8419 3411 8426 3419 8425

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EMWIN Weather Alert from DaculaWeather.com

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May 19, 2013, 9:10:00 AM5/19/13
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This alert was generated by the National Weather Service
EMWIN (Emergency Managers Weather Information Network)
from messages received by DaculaWeather.com EMWIN server.

GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
908 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON...GWINNETT AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES...

AT 849 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PASSING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WAS CAUSING FLASHING FLOODING
ON NUMEROUS SMALL CREEKS AS WELL AS THE LARGER CREEKS SUCH AS BIG
CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA...AND SWEETWATER CREEK AND PEW CREEKS NEAR
LAWRENCEVILLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE PEW CREEK
WITH THE WATER LEVEL HITTING THE PATTERSON ROAD BRIDGE WHICH MAY
CAUSE SOME EROSION TO THE SIDES OF THE BRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426

$$

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EMWIN Weather Alert from DaculaWeather.com

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May 19, 2013, 11:28:59 AM5/19/13
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This alert was generated by the National Weather Service
EMWIN (Emergency Managers Weather Information Network)
from messages received by DaculaWeather.com EMWIN server.

GAC089-121-135-191645-
/O.CON.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130519T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
1127 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FULTON...GWINNETT AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES...

AT 1113 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED
TO MONITOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD IN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEETWATER CREEK...BIG
CREEK...AND THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT NORCROSS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNTAIN
PARK...DULUTH...DACULA...BERKELEY LAKE...JOHNS CREEK...MILTON...
ROSWELL AND ALPHARETTA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8426 3406 8415 3405 8410 3397 8382
3384 8391 3378 8400 3390 8445 3398 8437
3406 8442 3411 8441 3413 8436 3417 8436
3419 8433 3418 8426

$$








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