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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHWESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHERN CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  NORTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS EXTENDING FROM CLAXTON TO 11 MILES 

  NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL. THIS LINE IF MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT

  30 MPH. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 PM...LIKELY RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

  RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS

  ARA SINCE 1 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR THROUGH 

  5 PM.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HAGAN...BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...DAISY...COLLINS...EDNA...

  PEMBROKE...



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 3238 8223 3210 8140 3192 8143 3218 8220

      3220 8221 3222 8221 3226 8223 3229 8223

      3231 8224



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