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GAC029-051-179-183-191-060630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

845 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM TAMMY

  MOVING INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. MUCH OF THE

  AREA ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 FROM SAVANNAH SOUTH TO DARIEN

  HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. WITH AN

  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 

  MORNING...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGH...PARTICULARLY

  AROUND HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER

  ENTRANCE AT 1005 PM AND AT SAINT SIMMONS AT 1017 PM. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...BLOOMINGDALE...RICHMOND HILL...

  HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...LUDOWICI...EULONIA AND DARIEN.

  THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3130 8132 3198 8083 3217 8120 3208 8151

      3169 8187 3144 8161



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