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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1032 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 1027 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM REIDSVILLE

  TO CLAXTON AND DENMARK. THIS RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND CONTINUES

  TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR

  CAN BE EXPECTED. DOWNTOWN CLAXTON WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT

  FLOODING PROBLEMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS RAINFALL OVERWHELMS

  DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  BELLVILLE...DAISY...

  HAGAN...EDNA...

  CLAXTON...MANASSAS...



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.



LAT...LON 3219 8212 3221 8198 3228 8175 3222 8170

      3215 8178 3208 8191 3204 8210

TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 180DEG 0KT 3216 8192



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