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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

817 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 814 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WILMINGTON

  ISLAND TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF

  SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SKIDAWAY ISLAND...

  TYBEE ISLAND...ISLE OF HOPE...

  WILMINGTON ISLAND...

  THUNDERBOLT...

  SAVANNAH...RIVERSIDE...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AND NEAR 

THESE COMMUNITIES SINCE BEFORE 8 AM. REPORTS FROM TYBEE ISLAND 

POLICE INDICATE THAT CONSIDERABLE WATER IS STARTING TO DEVELOP ON 

THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ISLAND.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA 

THROUGH 1000 AM...WHICH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF 

SEVERAL ROADS...SUCH AS ROUTE 80...AS WELL AS POSSIBLY AFFECTING 

SOME PROPERTIES. 



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 3190 8111 3208 8109 3206 8095 3201 8083

      3194 8090 3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8093

      3192 8093 3185 8099 3186 8104 3181 8104

TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 184DEG 9KT 3199 8089 3184 8100



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