

000 

WGUS52 KCHS 131859

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GAC051-132100-

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

259 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND 3 INCHES...

  OCCURRING NEAR SAVANNAH...OR ABOUT OVER SAVANNAH. THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SAVANNAH...THUNDERBOLT...



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.



LAT...LON 3213 8117 3214 8112 3211 8112 3209 8108

      3208 8104 3209 8101 3191 8108 3190 8118

TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 180DEG 0KT 3207 8108



$$



000 

WGUS52 KCHS 131859

FFWCHS

GAC051-132100-

/X.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0014.070913T1859Z-070913T2100Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

259 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND 3 INCHES...

  OCCURRING NEAR SAVANNAH...OR ABOUT OVER SAVANNAH. THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SAVANNAH...THUNDERBOLT...



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.



LAT...LON 3213 8117 3214 8112 3211 8112 3209 8108

      3208 8104 3209 8101 3191 8108 3190 8118

TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 180DEG 0KT 3207 8108



$$

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