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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

615 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE CLUSTER OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN OFF THE GLYNN 

  AND CAMDEN COUNTY COASTS...MOVING NORTH. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

  TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING AND ALL OF MCINTOSH COUNTY. 

  MUCH OF MCINTOSH COUNTY HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF 

  RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WITH AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES 

  HAVING FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH LATE EVENING SO THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING 

  WILL BE HIGH AS TROPICAL STORM TAMMY DRAWS CLOSER.

  

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  DARIEN...COX...TOWNSEND...EULONIA...SAPELO ISLAND...WARSAW...

  INCLUDING INTERSTATE 95 AND HIGHWAY 57.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3126 8130 3160 8118 3164 8148 3147 8162



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