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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

956 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 951 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF TOWNSEND...OR ABOUT OVER DARIEN...  

  MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED AND THERE IS 

  STANDING WATER IN MANY PLACES ACROSS THE AFFECTED COUNTIES FROM    

  RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM TAMMY THAT MOVED THROUGH

  ON THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON 

  TIME.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  TOWNSEND AND EULONIA...

  SOUTH NEWPORT AND JONES...

  RETREAT...

  CROSSROADS AND RICEBORO...

  WALTHOURVILLE...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY 

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3161 8171 3137 8145 3167 8133 3197 8161



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