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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

828 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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CHATHAM GA-

828 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL

CHATHAM COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN HAD PUSHED SOUTH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. 



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 3168 8148 3170 8149 3176 8163 3183 8168

      3203 8163 3202 8139 3186 8122 3166 8128

      3166 8132 3165 8134



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BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-

828 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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

CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHERN BRYAN COUNTIES...



AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

BETWEEN RICHMOND HILL...HINESVILLE AND FORT STEWART. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 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 STEWART...HINESVILLE...RICEBORO...RICHMOND HILL...SUNBURY

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 3168 8148 3170 8149 3176 8163 3183 8168

      3203 8163 3202 8139 3186 8122 3166 8128

      3166 8132 3165 8134



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