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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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