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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

452 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  CENTRAL LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING MUCH OF WEST 

  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LONG COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS 

  SINCE 330 PM AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH 

  545 PM. THIS MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW 

  LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  ALLENHURST...WALTHOURVILLE... HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON...FORT

  STEWART...



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 3191 8176 3196 8158 3187 8150 3176 8156

      3178 8173



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