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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

734 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



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MCINTOSH-

734 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR

MCINTOSH COUNTY...



AT 734 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN 

ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY EXTENDING FROM 

RACCOON BLUFF SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN GLYNN AND CAMDEN COUNTIES...

MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. 



HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR JUST SOUTH OF DARIEN AND THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MCINTOSH COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MUCH OF MCINTOSH COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 

BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. IN 

ADDITION TO FLOODING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH MAY PRODUCE 

DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...DARIEN...EULONIA...

RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...TOWNSEND AND VALONA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 AND HIGHWAY 57.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



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



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