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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

744 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008



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LONG GA-

744 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN LONG COUNTY...



AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL RATES ACROSS WESTERN LONG COUNTY WERE DECREASING 

RAPIDLY. 



HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED 

THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND 

DONALD AND LUDOWICI...AND ESPECIALLY WEST OF STATE ROUTE 57. 



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 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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