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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
944 PM EDT FRI APR 04 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...

  BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES
  OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD  AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE 
  COUNTIES

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF 
INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS 
ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU 
SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN.

THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED 
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

GAC117-121-051544-
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/APHG1.1.ER.080405T1434Z.080406T0600Z.080406T2136Z.NO/
944 PM EDT FRI APR 04 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY, GA. HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
* AT 9PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...2.7 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.9 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 9.0 FEET...ALPHARETTA GREENWAY EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 
  AND RESULTS IN CLOSURE OF MOST OF THE WALKING AND BIKING PATHS.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.1 FEET ON JUL 3 2003.  

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GAC059-133-219-051544-
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/PNFG1.1.ER.080406T1112Z.080407T1200Z.080408T0504Z.NO/
944 PM EDT FRI APR 04 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY, GA. HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD 
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* AT 9PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...5.2 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 14.5 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.0 FEET ON MAY 7 2003.
  

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