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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

557 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005



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557 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR

MCINTOSH COUNTY...

...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN MANY AREAS...



AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF MCINTOSH 

COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH NEWPORT TO

SAPELO ISLAND. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND 

WILL LIKELY EXIT THE COUNTY BY 630 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1/10 TO AS MUCH AS 1/2 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH THE 

IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS 

TEMPORARILY ENDED...MCINTOSH COUNTY 911 REPORTS THAT MANY ROADS 

REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION 

WHILE TRAVELING THIS EVENING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3148 8159 3136 8153 3130 8131 3158 8118

      3165 8151



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