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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1203 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008



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EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-BULLOCH GA-

1203 PM 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 1201 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED 

NORTHEAST TO NEAR EDNA AND NEVILS. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS 

MANASSAS...CLAXTON AND DAISY. HOWEVER...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN 

DOWNTOWN CLAXTON...THROUGH 1 PM. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION. REMEMBER THAT A FLOOD THREAT CAN CONTINUE LONG PAST WHEN 

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AS IT CAN TAKE HOURS FOR BACKED UP WATER TO 

MOVE THROUGH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. 



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE... 

CLAXTON...DAISY...HAGAN...MANASSAS AND NEVILS.



NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND INTERSECTIONS REMAIN 

FLOODED...WHILE NUMEROUS MOTORISTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRANDED BY THE 

FLOODING. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1603Z 236DEG 15KT 3227 8176



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