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Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
540 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

  LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND AFFECTING DADE AND HAMILTON
  COUNTIES

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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

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540 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR NEW ENGLAND.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 515 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10 FEET...AND RISING RAPIDLY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 13.5 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 13 FEET...MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS ALONG SELLS LANE IN
  TRENTON...MASON ROAD NEAR RISING FAWN...AND CREEK ROAD NEAR NEW
  ENGLAND. ALL THESE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. ALSO MINOR FLOODING
  EXPANDS MUCH FURTHER DOWNSTREAM AS THE CREEK CROSSES THE TENNESSEE
  BORDER INTO THE TIFTONA AREA.

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