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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

558 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  EXTENDING FROM DONALD TO 6 MILES EAST OF LUDOWICI. RADAR ESTIMATES

  BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE

  430 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE

  WARNING AREA THROUGH 7 PM. THIS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...

  ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  LUDOWICI...DONALD...WEFANIE...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 301.



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 3190 8189 3187 8175 3179 8172 3173 8157

      3158 8170 3181 8198



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