

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WGUS52 KCHS 211336

FFWCHS

GAC051-211530-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

934 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURROUGHS TO

  WINDSOR FOREST TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND HILL TO 8 MILES EAST OF RICHMOND HILL

  TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  OSSABAW ISLAND...

  WINDSOR FOREST...

  WILMINGTON ISLAND...

  SKIDAWAY ISLAND...

  SANDFLY...ISLE OF HOPE...

  SAVANNAH...



VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER OSSABAW ISLAND THIS MORNING 

WITH ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS HEAVY 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE COUNTY DURING THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.



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 3175 8117 3186 8115 3199 8129 3212 8112

      3210 8110 3207 8099 3200 8086 3194 8091

      3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8094 3185 8099

      3186 8104 3180 8104 3174 8115

TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 189DEG 8KT 3197 8130 3196 8116

          3181 8107 3181 8107



$$

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000 

WGUS52 KCHS 211336

FFWCHS

GAC051-211530-

/X.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0017.070921T1334Z-070921T1530Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

934 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURROUGHS TO

  WINDSOR FOREST TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND HILL TO 8 MILES EAST OF RICHMOND HILL

  TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  OSSABAW ISLAND...

  WINDSOR FOREST...

  WILMINGTON ISLAND...

  SKIDAWAY ISLAND...

  SANDFLY...ISLE OF HOPE...

  SAVANNAH...



VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER OSSABAW ISLAND THIS MORNING 

WITH ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS HEAVY 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE COUNTY DURING THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.



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 3175 8117 3186 8115 3199 8129 3212 8112

      3210 8110 3207 8099 3200 8086 3194 8091

      3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8094 3185 8099

      3186 8104 3180 8104 3174 8115

TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 189DEG 8KT 3197 8130 3196 8116

          3181 8107 3181 8107



$$

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