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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1023 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



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

LONG-MCINTOSH-BRYAN-CHATHAM-LIBERTY-

1023 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

LONG...MCINTOSH...BRYAN...CHATHAM AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...



AT 1023 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. TOTAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE AREA TODAY AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THE RISK FOR FLASH 

FLOODING REMAINS HIGH. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. 



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3130 8132 3198 8083 3217 8120 3209 8167

      3169 8187 3144 8161



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