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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

233 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-CANDLER GA-BULLOCH GA-BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-

233 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...CENTRAL BRYAN...SOUTHWESTERN BULLOCH...

SOUTHERN CANDLER...NORTHERN TATTNALL AND EVANS COUNTIES...



AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM COLLINS

AND MANASSAS THROUGH CLAXTON INTO CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS

SINCE 1 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED

THROUGH 5 PM...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.



RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE CANOOCHEE RIVER AT CLAXTON HAVE SHOWN A 

SLIGHT RISE OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE RIVER REMAINS WELL BELOW

FLOOD STAGE...BUT LEVELS WILL BE CAREFULLY MONITORED THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...

COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DAISY...ELLABELL...GROVELAND...HAGAN...LANIER...

MANASSAS AND 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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3238 8223 3210 8140 3192 8143 3218 8220

      3220 8221 3222 8221 3226 8223 3229 8223

      3231 8224



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