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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

621 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHEASTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 615 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  PERSISTENT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS FROM

  TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVING ONSHORE AND INCREASING OVER THE AREA.

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 

  INCHES POSSIBLE. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  EULONIA...PINE HARBOR...DARIEN...HINESVILLE...

  SOUTH NEWPORT...SHELLMAN BLUFF...LUDOWICI...



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 3134 8149 3158 8171 3168 8183 3196 8149

      3194 8143 3183 8137 3164 8111 3156 8117

      3155 8125 3155 8118 3152 8116 3137 8127

      3133 8126 3129 8129 3131 8137 3126 8138



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