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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1021 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1021 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ALONG THE ALTAMAHA RIVER 

  SOUTHEAST WELL INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST 

  AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

  AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES 

  THROUGH 115 AM AS THESE BANDS MOVE THROUGH. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS 

  ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 

  HOURS AND MANY LOCATIONS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING CONSIDERABLE 

  STANDING WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO 

  FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  DARIEN...RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...TOWNSEND...COX...

  EULONIA...LUDOWICI...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 17

  AND HIGHWAY 57.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3124 8131 3148 8111 3185 8179 3174 8192



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