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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1117 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2007



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CHATHAM GA-

1117 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR

NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY...



AT 1112 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FEW 

ROADS STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN CHATHAM COUNTY.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS CHATHAM COUNTY...SO CONDITIONS 

SHOULD IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 



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 3193 8124 3210 8138 3223 8120 3220 8113

      3215 8111 3211 8112 3208 8110 3207 8098

TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 180DEG 0KT 3210 8120



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