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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 012301

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

654 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



GAC051-020330-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070902T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CHATHAM GA-

654 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR

CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 652 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICHMOND HILL...TO DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH 

AND FORT PULASKI. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. AT 648 

PM...CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS 

IN AND AROUND SAVANNAH PROPER WERE COVERED IN WATER AND IMPASSIBLE. 

THIS INCLUDES SECTIONS OF ABERCORN...HABERSHAM...AND VICTORY DRIVE. 

ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN THESE AREAS...WHILE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN A FEW AREAS BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND TYBEE ISLANDS. A VERY 

SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT EXISTS IN THE WARNED AREA. 



FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BURROUGHS...GARDEN CITY...

ISLE OF HOPE...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RIVERSIDE...SANDFLY...

SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...

VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WILMINGTON ISLAND AND WINDSOR FOREST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

STREETS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS

AND LOW-LYING SPOTS.



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3178 8118 3186 8115 3193 8121 3190 8124

      3192 8127 3208 8137 3220 8113 3210 8111

      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8085 3197 8084

      3195 8095 3193 8097 3191 8092 3185 8098

      3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8113

TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 180DEG 0KT 3200 8098



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JRL

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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 012301

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

654 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



GAC051-020330-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070902T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CHATHAM GA-

654 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR

CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 652 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICHMOND HILL...TO DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH 

AND FORT PULASKI. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. AT 648 

PM...CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS 

IN AND AROUND SAVANNAH PROPER WERE COVERED IN WATER AND IMPASSIBLE. 

THIS INCLUDES SECTIONS OF ABERCORN...HABERSHAM...AND VICTORY DRIVE. 

ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN THESE AREAS...WHILE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN A FEW AREAS BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND TYBEE ISLANDS. A VERY 

SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT EXISTS IN THE WARNED AREA. 



FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BURROUGHS...GARDEN CITY...

ISLE OF HOPE...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RIVERSIDE...SANDFLY...

SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...

VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WILMINGTON ISLAND AND WINDSOR FOREST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

STREETS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS

AND LOW-LYING SPOTS.



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3178 8118 3186 8115 3193 8121 3190 8124

      3192 8127 3208 8137 3220 8113 3210 8111

      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8085 3197 8084

      3195 8095 3193 8097 3191 8092 3185 8098

      3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8113

TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 180DEG 0KT 3200 8098



$$



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