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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

514 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 510 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLOODING RAINS FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF

  SCREVEN COUNTY. THE RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

  BETWEEN 2 AN 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM SYLVANIA WEST TO THE

  JENKINS COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE 

  EXPECTED THROUGH 645 AM...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT 

  FLOODING IN AREAS. HIGHWAY 21 MAY BE FLOODED IN PLACES.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SYLVANIA...WOODCLIFF...HILLTONIA...HIGHWAY 21...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3268 8187 3261 8160 3290 8152 3292 8175



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