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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

705 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES PER      

  HOUR...OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  

  DONALD TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUDOWICI. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN    

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  LUDOWICI...DONALD...

  AREAS ALONG THE ALTAMAHA RIVER ALONG AND NORTH OF

  ROUTES 25 AND 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 3159 8172 3161 8176 3164 8180 3164 8182

      3174 8192 3174 8194 3178 8198 3181 8198

      3190 8189 3197 8188 3163 8162 3155 8168



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