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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

728 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2

  TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

  FROM RICHMOND HILL TO MIDWAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

  RICHMOND HILL TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE. THE 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  PERSISTS UNDER STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL 

  OCCUR.  



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  CROSSROADS...BURROUGHS...

  MIDWAY...RICHMOND HILL...



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 3166 8128 3165 8134 3168 8148 3170 8149

      3176 8163 3182 8168 3203 8163 3201 8103

      3172 8117 3172 8118 3169 8118 3163 8122



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