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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

541 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  CENTRAL LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST 

  CENTRAL LIBERTY AND CENTRAL LONG COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES

  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME PLACES SINCE

  330 PM. ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS ENDED...

  IT WILL TAKE UP TO AN HOUR FOR FLOOD WATERS TO SUBSIDE...THUS THE 

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 645 PM. FLASH FLOODING 

  WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR THE HINESVILLE AREA WHERE FLOOD WATERS 

  WERE APPROACHING HOMES.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HINESVILLE...ALLENHURST...FLEMINGTON...GUM BRANCH...



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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