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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

333 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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

333 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...



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE WARNED AREA...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 331 PM

SHOWED BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM AND BRYAN

COUNTIES. THESE BANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF LIBERTY...BULLOCH...

CANDLER...TATTNALL AND EVANS COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM. THE RISK

FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS HIGH.



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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