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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

525 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 524 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF KELLER TO

  BELFAST...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  RICHMOND HILL TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL. THE STORMS    

  PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  RICHMOND HILL...

  KELLER...

  BELFAST...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF 

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

RADAR HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOWER BRYAN COUNTY...ALONG WITH RAINFALL 

RATES IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3196 8129 3193 8141 3186 8138 3176 8126

      3174 8118 3185 8114 3192 8125



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