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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1110 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008



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EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-BULLOCH GA-

1110 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL BULLOCH...CENTRAL TATTNALL AND EVANS COUNTIES...



AT 1106 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL FROM MANASSAS TO CLAXTON TO NEVILS...MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN CLAXTON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 30 BETWEEN CLAXTON AND MANASSAS. 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE WARNING AREA UNTIL THE RAINFALL 

ENDS AND FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...

COLLINS...DAISY...HAGAN...MANASSAS AND NEVILS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF 

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

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 3219 8212 3221 8198 3228 8175 3222 8170

      3215 8178 3210 8191 3209 8201 3213 8210

TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 258DEG 13KT 3217 8188



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