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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1156 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

  SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE AFFECTING GWINNETT COUNTY

.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.

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1156 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SUWANEE CREEK NEAR SUWANEE
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* AT 11PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.6 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.3 FEET BY 2 AM TOMORROW. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. 
  SUWANEE CREEK PARK BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET ON JUN 19 2003.
  

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