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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

745 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



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

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUM BRANCH TO

  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENNVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8

  MILES WEST OF HINESVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SURRENCY...MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  GUM BRANCH...GLENNVILLE...

  DONALD...

  HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON...

  WALTHOURVILLE...

  ALLENHURST...MCINTOSH...



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY HAVE 

ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING FARMLAND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3164 8180 3164 8182 3167 8186 3178 8197

      3178 8199 3182 8205 3186 8212 3189 8214

      3201 8175 3174 8139 3161 8177



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