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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

920 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2007



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CHATHAM GA-

920 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR

NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 918 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE RAIN IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN 

INTENSITY...BUT SEVERAL ROADS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME 

FLOODING THROUGH 1030 AM.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BLOOMINGDALE...BURROUGHS...

GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...

SAVANNAH...WHITE BLUFF AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT.



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 3210 8138 3223 8120 3220 8113 3213 8111

      3211 8112 3210 8111 3208 8110 3207 8098

      3193 8124

TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 180DEG 0KT 3210 8120



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