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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1125 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF LONG AND MCINTOSH

  COUNTIES EXTENDING WELL OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...MOVING NORTH 

  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE BANDS OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO LIBERTY 

  COUNTY SHORTLY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED 

  THROUGH 230 AM. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 

  INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AND MANY AREAS ARE STILL 

  REPORTING SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

  WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HALFMOON LANDING...RETREAT...HINESVILLE...FLEMING...

  ALLENHURST...GUM BRANCH...TRINITY...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 95

  AND HIGHWAY 84. 



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

DANGEROUS OF FLOODING. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS 

AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD.



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

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



LAT...LON 3156 8117 3167 8110 3204 8168 3187 8174

      3162 8125



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