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WGUS72 KCHS 131925

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

323 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



GAC051-132100-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070913T2100Z/

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

CHATHAM GA-

323 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR

CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AT 310 PM EDT...SAVANNAH POLICE REPORTED HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL CITY 

STREETS. HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD PUSHED EAST OF DOWNTOWN 

SAVANNAH...HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN SAVANNAH.  



FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ISLE OF 

HOPE...SANDFLY...THUNDERBOLT...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND WINDSOR 

FOREST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



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 3213 8117 3214 8112 3211 8112 3209 8108

      3208 8104 3209 8101 3192 8108 3190 8111

      3191 8118

TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 180DEG 0KT 3207 8104 3189 8115



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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 131925

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

323 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



GAC051-132100-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070913T2100Z/

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

CHATHAM GA-

323 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR

CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AT 310 PM EDT...SAVANNAH POLICE REPORTED HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL CITY 

STREETS. HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD PUSHED EAST OF DOWNTOWN 

SAVANNAH...HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN SAVANNAH.  



FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ISLE OF 

HOPE...SANDFLY...THUNDERBOLT...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND WINDSOR 

FOREST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



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 3213 8117 3214 8112 3211 8112 3209 8108

      3208 8104 3209 8101 3192 8108 3190 8111

      3191 8118

TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 180DEG 0KT 3207 8104 3189 8115



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