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WGUS72 KCHS 280006

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



GAC029-051-179-280230-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080728T0230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM...LIBERTY AND SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTIES...



AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MERGING BETWEEN FORT 

STEWART...RICEBORO AND FORT MCALLISTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES OF AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...RESULTING IN FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...BELFAST...FORT 

MCALLISTER...FORT STEWART...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE...KELLER...

MCINTOSH...RETREAT...RICEBORO...RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY...SUNBURY...

WALTHOURVILLE AND MIDWAY.



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



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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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 280006

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



GAC029-051-179-280230-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080728T0230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM...LIBERTY AND SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTIES...



AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MERGING BETWEEN FORT 

STEWART...RICEBORO AND FORT MCALLISTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES OF AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...RESULTING IN FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...BELFAST...FORT 

MCALLISTER...FORT STEWART...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE...KELLER...

MCINTOSH...RETREAT...RICEBORO...RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY...SUNBURY...

WALTHOURVILLE AND MIDWAY.



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



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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